Culture
Poem of the week: “Jerusalem”
September 2, 2010"Shouldn't it be as important to learn about one another's poetry, country to country, as one another's weather or gross national products?"
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Oklahoma honors labor culture
August 31, 2010Last week's Laborfest was a first effort dedicated "to showing Oklahomans the rich history and future of the labor movement in our state," and indeed, Oklahomans have bragging rights.
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“Takers” and “Get Low” – what’s the right age?
August 31, 2010Age-marketing could make you miss some pretty good movies, and here are two.
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The global pop militancy of M.I.A.
August 17, 2010Some on the left may dismiss her as indulging in postmodern "identity politics" - M.I.A. herself has said that her work explores her "otherness."
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Poem of the week: Diamonds of clarity on the human condition
August 16, 2010In "At the Public Market Museum: Charleston, South Carolina," Jane Kenyon's singular American poetic imagination offers clarity and revelation on the human condition.
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