Maya Angelou is a rapper now. The late writer’s poems have been layered with hip-hop beats for a new album, Caged Bird Songs. The album uses previous recordings of Angelou and a few made last year. “She saw (hip-hop) as this generation’s way of speaking and conveying a message,” her grandson Colin A. Johnson said. Pair with: Our tribute to Angelou.
The Caged Bird Raps
Miss Grief
Who was Constance Fenimore Woolson? It's about time everybody learned about this late nineteenth-century woman of letters who was a close friend and contemporary of none other than Henry James.
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Fictional Characters Read Fiction
Dan Humphrey, a character on Gossip Girl, names his top 10 books of 2009.
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Pride and Fiscal Prudence
According to the BBC, Jane Austen will replace Charles Darwin on the Bank of England's new £10 notes.
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The Desk on the Floss
Stop, thief! It appears that George Eliot's writing desk has been stolen from the Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery in England.
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Art Dealer$
Fresh on the heels of Rachel Cohen’s Believer piece on “the unexpected double history of banking and the art world,” one of the country’s biggest art collectors is slammed with a $276 million insider trading accusation.
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Crystal Methods
Curtis Sittenfeld did some interesting research for her latest novel, Sisterland. "I went to this New Age bookstore in a distant suburb of St. Louis. I basically went there and was like, 'I’m doing research,' and then I un-ironically bought some crystals," she told The Rumpus.
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Tuesday New Release Day: Aira, Wallace, Costello
New Directions releases César Aira's The Hare this week. The novel was featured on our Great Second-Half 2013 Book Preview not long ago. Today also marks the release date for David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's Signifying Rappers, which is being re-released by Little, Brown.
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I love the idea of bringing classic texts into arenas that entice young minds. Mixing words with music and poetry and visually stimulating images of art are all great ways to encourage people to participate in new experiences. Fantastic idea! I hope it is wildly successful.