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INTERVIEW OF THE WEEK

Holand Peter Shakespeare As You Like It Peter Holland’s View of the Bard’s Life and Works

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REVIEW OF THE WEEK

Bill Bryson, Shakespeare Bill Bryson, Shakespeare
The World as Stage – Bill Bryson’s concise biography of William Shakespeare is brilliantly written, humorously insightful, and entirely delightful.
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DID YOU KNOW?

Pablo Despite a larger-than-life presence, Picasso only stood at 5'4" tall.

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WORD OF THE DAY

Embellishment
DEFINITION:
(noun) Elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail.
SYNONYMS:
embroidery.
USAGE:
His words were brief and expressive, conveying all that was meant, and no more; no embellishments, no embroidery, no arabesques.

PODCAST OF THE WEEK

John HeissNew England Conservatory composer and teacher, John Heiss, discusses Russian composer Igor Stravinsky.

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK

alfred-hitchcock Maestros of Suspense:Music in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock.

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Karl Marx How strong is your knowledge of Marx?

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

Quote of the dayJonathan Swift
"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."

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