If You Really Want It: A Conversation with African-American French Hornist Robert Lee Watt
Mekeisha Madden Toby interviews pioneering African-American musician Robert Lee Watt, who played French horn with the LA Phil for 37 years.
Mekeisha Madden Toby interviews pioneering African-American musician Robert Lee Watt, who played French horn with the LA Phil for 37 years.
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Daniel Saldaña París interview poet Robin Myers about her bilingual volume “Conflations,” translation, and literary communities in Mexico and the U.S.
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Stephanie Newman interviews Dr. Andrea Pető, a professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest.
Colleen Kelsey speaks with Julia Cooper about her new polemic, "The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy."
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