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  • Watching “The Defiant Ones” (1958)

    I use the DVR to record old movies, and when I have nothing going on – which is rare – I like to watch them.…

  • Report on Arts Education

    For anyone who doubted the utility of the arts, the report, “Arts Education Makes A Difference in Missouri Schools”, put out in March 2010 by the Missouri Alliance…

  • Reading: “Strange Fruit” by Lillian Smith

    Since being awarded a Lillian E. Smith Foundation Writer-in-Service Residency, I thought I ought to read Strange Fruit. I’m not much a novel reader; I…

  • 10 Albums for a Desert Island

    I have been writing about so much heavy stuff lately – budget cuts and education woes – that I wanted to think about something more…