Poet Major Jackson
MAJOR JACKSON is the author of six books of poetry, including “Razzle Dazzle: New & Selected Poems” (2023), “The Absurd Man” (2020), “Roll Deep” (2015), “Holding Company” (2010), “Hoops” (2006) and “Leaving Saturn” (2002), which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize for a first book of poems. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and serves as the Poetry Editor of The Harvard Review.
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Ratcliffe Art + Design Incubator Asks ArtSpeak, “What’s New?”
EVERY MONDAY we will publish a new conversation between Margarita Salas-Amaro (producer of “Tech Conversations”)and Raymond Elman (founding editor-in-chief of “ArtSpeak”) regarding insightful new videos interviews with prominent people in the arts across all art disciplines, which will be published on the ArtSpeak website in the weeks to come.
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The Unique Art of Roz Chast
ROZ CHAST’s work has appeared in numerous magazines through the years, including the Village Voice, National Lampoon, Scientific American, Harvard Business Review, Redbook and Mother Jones, but she is most closely associated with THE NEW YORKER.
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Jerry Markowitz: Teenager at the Hampton House
The parents of JERRY MARKOWITZ owned and operated the Hampton House in Brownsville during its heyday – when major international talent like Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nina Simone, Cab Calloway, and Sammy Davis Jr used to stay and perform there; as well as major athletes like Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown, and Althea Gibson; and activists like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X.
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Ilisa Rosal: A Lifetime in Flamenco
ILISA ROSAL is a professional Flamenco Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic Director, and Founder of Ballet Flamenco La Rosa (BFLR), an International professional company dedicated to Flamenco as an ever-evolving art form.
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