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Why this is awesome: A little over 6 years ago, before I arrived on the East Coast, I took a short vacation ...

I know it seems silly to announce that the Arts Are Back! as if you needed me to tell you that, but I don't know. It feels like a ...

Wise words from one of my favorite cultural iconoclasts and Beat bohemians

When Tracy Chapman first burst onto the American music scene back in the late 1980s, I remember my mother ...

Just because I haven't been behind the keyboard as often as I might normally would this summer doesn't mean ...

More wise words from one of America's favorite novelists, short story writers, poets and activists

Why this is awesome: In late July, my colleagues at my day job and I ventured up to Upper Montclair to run an ...

Wise words from one of America's most esteemed cinematic legends

Wise words from one of the most inspirational and prophetic authors of the 20th century

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