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Unhook the Stars: The Lyrics of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes, born 110 years ago today, has been called “The Poet Laureate of Harlem” for his works depicting the everyday struggles and triumphs of the people of Harlem during the 1920s through the 1960s. Harlem [...]

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Ambling Through the Hundred Acre Wood

Should the robot apocalypse ever come, I believe I have stumbled upon a sure-fire solution for distinguishing humans from their cyborg doppelgangers: read some quotes out loud from Winnie the Pooh. If in five minutes your [...]

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Everlasting Intrigue

There are stories so universal that they are told over and over again. The tales of Don Quixote have been made into over forty different operas; Romeo and Juliet have had their stars cross’d in opera, [...]

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Long Live the King: The Songwriters who made Presley a legend

This past Sunday would have 76th birthday of the King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley. The very name of this pop music icon immediately calls to mind a host of images from his unprecedented [...]

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Pursuing Your Passions: Lessons Learned from Walt Disney

Walt Disney once said of the origins of his most famous character, “Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a [...]

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Have You Read Your Twain Today?

Trying to write about Mark Twain on this, the 176th anniversary of his birth, is a distinctly daunting task. For one, the man born Samuel Clemmens is responsible for some of the greatest novels of all [...]