Diamanda Galas is a classically trained pianist, with a vocal range of three and a half octaves whose music is dark and intense.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.
Bart Cheever is one of the founders of D.FILM - a touring Digital Film Festival. He says that digital photography makes it possible for anyone to make professional quality films
Mary Pauline Lowry has been obsessed with fire since she was a child. And she's pursued this obsession throughout her life -- by working as a member of a hotshot crew fighting wildland fires and writing a novel called "Wildfire" based on her experience.
Social critic Bill McKibben says we’re rushing through a momentous doorway into a new age of human evolution
Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker of documentaries.
People have gathered together to dance for centuries. Barbara Ehrenreich says we've become so obsessed with personal happiness, we often neglect the pleasures of collective joy.
John Waters recommends the 1968 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton film, "Boom!"
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