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Remembering and forgetting Tiananmen Square
On the 23rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Protests, also known in China as the June Fourth Incident, artists and activists are working to keep memories of that day alive. At the same time, the Chinese government is intent on silencing stories from Tiananmen. ...
Regina Spektor's new album has old roots
Regina Spektor's anticipated new album, "What We Saw From the Cheap Seats" was released Tuesday. Spektor was born in Moscow and emigrated with her family to the Bronx when she was nine. She said her newest album carries old Russian influences....
Steven Greenblatt wins Pulitzer for non-fiction
American literary scholar Stephen Greenblatt won the Pulitzer Prize for excellence in nonfiction for his book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern. Greenblatt's book unfolds the story of the ancient Roman poet Lucretius and how Lucretius' poems helped catalyze Renaissance thinking....
A poetic account of the Amistad revolt
Poet Kevin Young has written an epic poem about the Africans who revolted aboard the ship Amistad in 1839. ...
Poetry and hope in Haiti
Young writers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, gather together in The Gathering of Young Thinkers....
North Africa's hip hop revolutionaries
From Algeria to Egypt, rappers have been protesting against the governments of North Africa through hip hop. ...
Miami Poem Depot
In Miami, poets create on-demand verses for passers-by on manual typewriters -- the project is called the "Poem Depot."...
'Walden by Haiku'
West meets East in a new book that rewrites Thoreau’s classic work in haiku form, reviving the glorious imagery of "Walden."...
The Wonders of Physics
Why our president should understand physics, why physicists are an eccentric bunch and a must-read physics thriller....
Slave Potter Dave
Leonard Todd's ancestors owned Potter Dave during America's slavery days. He tells some of the story and something about Dave's unprecedented pots and his poetry. ...
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