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...Sestets,” the latest volume of poetry by Charles Wright, it is helpful to think of that one. As the 20th volume for the poet—a Pulitzer and Griffin Prize winner—“Sestets” marks a high point in the progress of a style of contemplation that Wright has made his own over the years.Although Wright has always shown a skill for distilling an experience and recording its essence, his “Sestets” are, by the definition of their form, pithier than previous poems. In these nearly haiku...
...become something of a landmark, a geographic reference point for people on campus...
...life-changing,” says Jack C. Megan, OFA Director and the chair of the Council on the Arts. “Ten years from now, we hope that some of these people will be accomplished artists and that they see this investment as the turning point.” From Megan’s perspective, Chazelle’s accomplishments bode well for the relatively new ADF program, as his success legitimizes the effect the grants could have on the future of talented student artists. “Is Damien’s project at the Tribeca Film...
...never more so than on their 2003 magnum opus, “Phantom Power,” where upbeat, frenetic melodies and beats were counterbalanced by wistful lyrics. While its sound is characteristically SFA, “Dark Days/Light Years” is a break from this tradition of point-counterpoint; it is the closest SFA have ever come to genuine, unqualified happiness. The songs on this album revel in a joyous silliness that might seem cutesy in the hands of a less experienced band. But Super Furry Animals are grizzled veterans—this is their ninth studio album?...
...which would be fairly standard ratings-chasing melodrama, except that prominent members of the GOP, like Karl Rove and former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, began signing on to versions of Beck's critique. At that point conservative heavy hitters, including former Solicitor General Theodore Olson and Clinton tormenter Ken Starr, spoke up in favor of Koh. The dispute soon spread to the blogosphere, and Republicans across the country took sides, calling one another "fruitcakes" and "windbags." (Read "Glenn Beck: The Fears of a Clown...