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Winston Churchill celebrates the V-Day

US, UK Poets Laureate on Being Public Face for 'Solitary Act' : NewsHour Poetry Series : Video : The Poetry Foundation

Look what I just found on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/newyorker/the-old-fools

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Cinéastes de notre temps - John Cassavetes (by VideoProbava)


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Al Foster Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard (2012)

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The great drum­mer Al Fos­ter was with us when WBGO and NPR Music first web­cast live from the Vil­lage Van­guard, back in May 2008. Of course, he has a much longer his­to­ry than we’ve kept; he’s played on no fewer than six “live at the Vil­lage…

Al Foster live at Village Vanguard

Shirin Neshat on Winter

When my trust hung from the thin thread of justice
And the hearts of my lamps were smashed into tiny pieces
All over town
And the childlike eyes of my love were blindfolded
With the black kerchief of law
When blood was gushing forth from the anxious temples of my desire
When my life was nothing other than the ticking of the clock
I realized that I must love
That I must madly love.

This is an excerpt from the poem “Window” (1967) by Forugh Farrokhzad, translated by Farzaneh Milani from the Persian. Shirin Neshat is an artist and director of the film “Women Without Men.”

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