Culture
The top 10 unique fantasy novels: A holiday reading list
December 16, 2015The holidays provide an opportunity to sit by a fireplace and get lost in a long, epic work of fantasy.
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“Word Warrior” a good book on democratic media
December 9, 2015"Word Warrior" is a remarkable contribution to the historical narrative and to our understanding of the long civil rights revolution.
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Where there’s a Weill, there’s a way; Julia Migenes review
December 8, 2015Fans of Kurt Weill and cabaret-style music who won't trip over the language barrier are likely to enjoy Julia Migenes' bravura performance.
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Today in history: Remembering composer Aaron Copland
December 2, 2015His symphonies, ballet and film scores, songs and choral works became the American classical style, combining his formal studies of music with popular American genres such as folk and jazz.
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Today in history: Mark Twain, antiwar polemicist, is born in 1835
November 30, 2015Twain was also active in the anti-imperialist movement around the turn of the 20th century, as the U.S. embarked on building a far-flung global sphere of influence.
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