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Rita Dove - Reflections of a Poet Laureate /A ... February 12, 2009 Reflections of a Poet Laureate - Professor Rita Dove talks about serving as poetry’s national voice. A Composition Springing from West Virginia's Coal Fields - Music professor Judith ...

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The Piero Project February 12, 2009 Piero Della Francescas Legend of the True Cross, painted between 1452 and 1466, in the church of San Francesco in Arezzo, Italy, has been used in preparing an experimental pilot ...

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Not Your Father’s War February 12, 2009 Author Emily Yellin discusses her new book, 'Our Mother’s War,' which uncovers some of the many ways women served their country during World War II. From the Series:UVA ...

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Nobuho Nagasawa - Museum Installations and ... February 12, 2009 Nobuho Nagasawa’s earthworks, museum installations and public art are all specific to their particular location. Nagasawa never conceives an idea until she has visited a site and conducted ...

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Thurgood Marshall - First African/American to ... February 12, 2009 Washington Post reporter Juan Williams initially thought writing a book on Thurgood Marshall would only take a couple of years. However, he became completely absorbed in the rise of a skinny kid ...

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Walter Isaacson Discusses "Benjamin Franklin: ... February 12, 2009 Walter Isaacson, president and CEO of the Aspen Institute, discusses his recent book, "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life," at the School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania. From ...

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What is Parapsychology? (212) February 12, 2009 There’s something to be said about telepathy, clairvoyance and psychokinesis, despite the fact that it may be inexplicable in scientific terms or by natural law.  In the ...

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Women in Media February 12, 2009 Historian/educator Maurine Beasley, Detroit News Washington Bureau Chief Allison Bethel, and author/researcher Sheila Gibbons discuss the history and progress of women in American journalism, ...

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The Pentagon Embeds Reporters February 12, 2009 Ed Offley of DefenseWatch online magazine and David Smith of ITN discuss the Pentagon’s rules for journalists who may cover any war in Iraq. Offley, who was present in the Persian Gulf, and Smith ...

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Writing L.A.: "Reading L.A." February 12, 2009 Writing L.A.: Urban Noir, Postmodern Malaise, and Suburban Angst in the Capital of the 21st Century is the third annual "Los Angeles" conference sponsored by the USC Libraries and the Los Angeles ...

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Richard Bausch, Author February 12, 2009 Richard Bausch discusses his breakthrough novel, "The Last Good Time," which also became a movie.  Also, his most recent one, the critically acclaimed "Hello to Cannibals." He ...

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Stark at 25: A Salute to the USC Peter Stark ... February 12, 2009 The USC Peter Stark Producing Program celebrates it’s 25th anniversary with a gala event held on the USC campus. As entertainer 'insiders' have long been aware, graduates of ...

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Writing L.A.: "Talking L.A." February 12, 2009 Writing L.A.: Urban Noir, Postmodern Malaise, and Suburban Angst in the Capital of the 21st Century is the third annual "Los Angeles" conference sponsored by the USC Libraries and the Los Angeles ...

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Nina Katchadourian - New York Artist February 12, 2009 Nina Katchadourian found sound and tacit modes of communication as recurring interests, as are the junctures where human invention overlaps organic productivity.  Previously she ...

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Watch Worldwide Cultural Events Over Advanced ... February 12, 2009 As advanced networks propogate around the world, many new distribution methods for cultural events are available.  Internet2 has demonstrated the distribution and interactive ...

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Wayne Wang, Filmmaker February 12, 2009 Wayne Wang, the maker of "Smoke," "Chan is Missing" and "The Joy Luck Club," discusses his newest movie, "Chinese Box," starring Jeremy Irons, Gong Li and Ruben Blades; independent film making; ...

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Tony Marsh - Ceramicist February 12, 2009 Using the ceramic vessel as his vehicle of expression, Tony Marsh attempts to pay homage to what pottery has always been required to do: hold, store, preserve, commemorate, and beautify. ...

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Torriano Berry, "The Fifty Most Influential ... February 12, 2009 Torriano Berry speaks enthusiastically of his book on black film, co-authored with his sister, Venise Berry. The book includes plot summaries and reviews of all the films discussed, and lively ...

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The Long Journey Home: Honoring UW Nikkei ... February 12, 2009 Watch the archive of the May 18, 2008 special ceremony to honor those Japanese-American University of Washington students forced into internment camps during World War II. In 1942 the federal ...

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Writing Lives: The Uses of Biography February 12, 2009 Barbara Babcock talks about her work on the life of pioneer California lawyer Clara Shortridge Foltz, and about the work of her students on other women who were the first to be involved in the ...