30 April, 2016

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Anthony Hamilton: What I'm Feelin' Tahar Ben Jelloun: The Sand Child

“Did you ever love somebody? Did you ever really care? Did you ever need somebody, just to rub your hair?”
–Cassandra Wilson, Right Here, Right Now

23 April, 2016

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Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring Arnett Wilkes and Nikolias Nkosi: Complete Zulu

“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
–Philip Pullman

9 April, 2016

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Joni Mitchell: Taming the Tiger James Baldwin: The Evidence of Things Not Seen

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘what are you doing for others?’”
–Dr. Martin Luther King

2 April, 2016

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Mobb Deep: The Infamous Margo Jefferson: On Michael Jackson

“You got a fast car. I want a ticket to anywhere, maybe we can make a deal.”
–Tracy Chapman, Fast Car

26 March, 2016

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2Pac and Outlawz: Still I Rise Regina Taylor: Crowns

“Trouble, oh trouble set me free. I have seen your face and it’s too much, too much for me”  
–Cat Stevens, Trouble

19 March, 2016

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Cat Stevens: Mona Bone Jakon Adrienne Kennedy: Adrienne Kennedy Reader

“The ultimate lesson all of us have to learn is unconditional love, which includes not only others but ourselves as well.”
–Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

12 March, 2016

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Joanna Ampil, David Burt, Steve Balsamo, Zubin Varla and Andrew Lloyd Webber: Jesus Christ Superstar Stephen Adly Guirgis: Between Riverside and Crazy

“People say walking on water is a miracle, but to me walking peacefully on earth is the real miracle.”
–Thich Nhat Hanh

27 February, 2016

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Diana Krall: Live In Paris Joy Harjo: Crazy Brave

“Let me speak, let me spit out my bitterness.”
–Joni Mitchell, The Sire of Sorrow