November 2012
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Andrew Solomon Is at LIVE from the NYPL Tonight! →
Paul Holdengräber’s conversations at the New York Public Library are some of the freshest, most engaging events being conducted in the U.S. right now. For LIVE from the NYPL, he speaks with the smartest literary minds (e.g. Jonathan Franzen, Don DeLillo, et al) to some of the savviest musicians and hip-hop artists (e.g. Jay-Z, Henry Rollins, Pete Townshend). And, tonight at 7pm, Mr....
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“I want Tunisia to be a place where a woman can wear a veil or not, where we can...”
– Asma Ahmadi on Salafi leaders fighting for Shariah law after the revolution (via trentgilliss)
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“The space next to me bristles with silence. The emptiness is palpable. Loss...”
– —Jackie Kay, from Trumpet
Excellent thought as I sit in the darkness on this early November morn.
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“The true struggle we are witnessing is not between believers and non-believers,...”
– —Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, from Some Reflections on the Conversion of the World
Guess what show I’m working on right now…
(via trentgilliss)
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“In my ESL class I study with people from all over the world, not only learning...”
– —Tarik Zia, from “A Pakistani Immigrant Reflects on America” (via trentgilliss)
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