Tag Archives: Art
Storytellers
John Ehle reads from and talks about his book, The Journey of August King, the story of an early 19th-century white farmer and a runaway slave girl whose paths and lives cross against the backdrops of social racism and individual … Continue reading
Computers and Culture
As part of a continuing series of discussions on the history of information technology produced in collaboration with the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program, Soundings features innovator Brewster Kahle. His latest brainchild is the Internet Archive, a large-scale digital information repository. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, History, Internet
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Sojourner and Frederick Part 1
Nell Irvin Painter discusses her new book, Sojourner Truth — a Life, a Symbol. John Sekora discusses his new book, Frederick Douglass. [unpublished?] 853 – Sojourner and Frederick Part 1
Posted in Episodes, Painter, Nell Irvin, Sekora, John
Tagged African American History, Art, Biography
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Ancient Mosaics
A conversation about Sepphoris in Galilee, an exhibition that recently opened at the N.C. Museum of Art. The exhibition focuses on the archaeological site of Sepphoris, an ancient city in Roman Palestine described by the Jewish historian Josephus Flavius as … Continue reading
The Country I Remember
David Mason reads from his latest collection of poems, a 12-part verse narrative. The Country I Remember recalls the life of one of Mason’s ancestors, Lt. John Mitchell, who was captured in the Civil War battle of Chickamauga in 1863. … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Civil War, Poetry
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The Cyber Agenda: Politics and the Power of the Internet
Lawrence K. Grossman and James Kinsella discuss and describe how new technologies such as the Internet, online magazines, and interactive cable systems are replacing our shared experience of the front page, nightly news on TV, and conventional magazines. Grossman and Kinsella … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Grossman, Lawrence, Kinsella, James
Tagged Art, Computers, Humanities, Internet, Journalism, Television
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Season’s Greetings
Jerry Bledsoe reads from and talks about The Angel Doll, a poignant Christmas story based on his memories of childhood. Lee Smith talks about her new novella, The Christmas Letters. In this story she uses all the Christmas letters she … Continue reading
After Thought
Can computers think? According to cyberspace expert James Bailey, the power of intellectual development is in transition and computers will soon no longer be merely our tools but our intellectual companions. Bailey, was invited to talk about his new book, … Continue reading
From the Doghouse to the Lighthouse
William Baldwin, South Carolina’s mad hermit, swamp-dwelling eccentric tour guide, waterman, carpenter, artist, and genius, talks about his new Novel, The Fennell Family Papers. The novel is a bizarre and satirical story of an ancient family of coastal-dwelling light-house builders … Continue reading
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Women in Flight
Connie May Fowler talks about her most recent book, Before Women Had Wings, the powerful and affecting story of Avocet Abigail Jackson, her adolescence, her family’s broken lives, her dreams and uncertainties. There is no denying the depth of Fowler’s … Continue reading
Posted in Episodes, Fowler, Connie May, Mendelsohn, Jane
Tagged Art, New York Times
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