Category: inspiration
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Bring on the Poets, Bring on the Jazz
A president and his horn–Bill Clinton shows his appreciation of jazz. (photo by the Smithsonian Institute) Having nothing at all to do with April Fool’s Day, events for both National Poetry and Jazz Appreciation Month got underway across the United States yesterday, April 1, 2010. In Chicago, Nobel Prize winning…
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Pioneer Science Fiction Author Octavia E. Butler
Author Octavia E. Butler (AP file photo) Octavia Estelle Butler achieved the unprecedented feat of winning three major science fiction awards–the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus Awards, all in 1985–before going on in 1995 to also win the MacArthur Foundation Genius Award. This achievement, in addition to a number of other…
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The Furious Passage of Nina Simone
Nina Simone in concert. (AP file photo) Many modern audiences first became familiar with the name Nina Simone in 2005 after Canadian singer Michael Buble’ recorded her 1965 hit song, “Feeling Good,” and which finalists on the popular American Idol television show sang before world audiences in 2007. However, long…
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5 Notable women of the past and present (specical series part 1): Abbey Lincoln
5 Notable women of the past and present (specical series part 1): Abbey Lincoln Posted using ShareThis
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