inspirations
People, events, and ideas that have inspired me.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
After a Lynching
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I caught my first glimpse of Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series as a teenager, when my mother brought me to the Museum of Modern Art. Duri...
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Monday, June 30, 2014
Glass Half Full (Bad Reviews and Mortality)
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My first really bad review appeared in my hometown newspaper, The New York Times. The piece that garnered this unique honor was my strin...
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
Driving Mr. Krzysztof
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As a wide-eyed and weary graduate student at the University of Michigan, I often referred to the local Kinko’s as my “second home”. Today K...
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
All the Things We Are: Learning from Messiaen
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At age 8 I began composing short vignettes for clarinet and trumpet, which I titled ‘symphonies’. When I turned 11, my grandmother bought me...
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Thursday, December 09, 2010
Why Louis is Different
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Got to represent in 2010... Here's my recent article about Louis Andriessen in New Music Box .
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