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This 1943 painting by N.C. Wyeth (father of Andrew, and iconic illustrator of Treasure Island and other favorites) struck us at our recent outing to the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadd’s Ford, Pa. The painting was commissioned by Bristol-Myers Squibb as an advertising window display for its products. It is unironically titled “Public Health and Morale.” Your mileage may vary…
Brandywine Museum of Art
Chadd’s Ford, Pennsylvania
It seems every generation there is a new upsurge of white supremacy and with that new attempts to justify it in some pseudo-scientific manner. We’ve had some great books in the past such as those by Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin laying out the scientific fallacies of those racist justifications. And now with the advances in genetic technology, it’s only natural that we have to update that scientific de-bunking. I was happy to talk with the author of a new book called Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins, Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta.
Click on small triangle or mp3 link to listen to the interview as broadcast on the Arts Express radio program, heard on WBAI FM and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
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Seeley Street
Brooklyn, New York
Monday morning finds Jesse Welles with just the greatest smile and joy singing about his true passion in life! What a kick.
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This American Robin turned this empty feeder bowl into a holder for her nest, where she is currently incubating her eggs.
Prospect Park,
Brooklyn, New York
This week marks the convergence of a number of important dates: May Day, the end of National Poetry Month (April 30th), and the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon (also April 30th). So I thought I’d acknowledge all of them at once with the poetry of Ho Chi Minh. He was arrested as a spy in August 1942 by the Kuo Min Tang and put into a series of Chinese prisons, enduring harsh conditions. He wrote over hundred short poems in prison, mostly in quatrain form, and they have been translated by several English translators including Aileen Palmer, Timothy Allen, and Kenneth Rexroth.
Click on the small triangle or MP3 link above to listen to a selection of the poems, as broadcast this week on the Arts Express radio program, heard on WBAI-FM and Pacifica affiliates across the nation.
