JESS SMART SMILEY

Tag: npr

  • TAPPING INNATE CREATIVITY

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    (From npr.org)   THE UNTHINKABLE MIND Like most of her work, cartoonist Lynda Barry’s class at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is unorthodox. “No artistic talent required,” the course description states. The course is described as a “writing and picture-making class with focus on the basic physical structure of the brain.” At the beginning of the semester…

  • David Byrne and St Vincent, Live Concert

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    I can’t figure out how to post the video in this post, but click here to be taken to the 37 minutes of concert footage on NPR.  [reposted from NPR] “Last year’s collaboration between St. Vincent (Annie Clarke) and David Bryne was surprising on many levels. The album they wrote and recorded together, Love This Giant, is inspired and artful,…

  • AN HOUR WITH SHERMAN ALEXIE

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    Such an incredible interview with Native American poet and writer Sherman Alexie. I caught part of this program on NPR last Saturday and I was so glad to find the full hour-long program online. Amongst such topics as what life is like for him as a writer and the use of language in poetry, I…

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