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Yoko Ono biography enlivens the 10 best books of March

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Holly Brickley |Charlotte McConaghy |Laila Lalami |Karen Russell

Deep Cuts, by Holly BrickleyIn the year 2000, an aspiring music writer meets a future indie rock star. Their witty banter about songs sounds like Nora Ephron for Pitchfork readers. Can this woman and man just be friends? Holly Brickley’s lyrical debut novel should rocket up the (bookseller) charts.
Would You Want to Be Famous?

1 month ago | graceatwood.substack.com | Charlotte McConaghy |Grace Atwood |Olivia Muenter

The Oscars always get me thinking about fame. Not minor internet fame, or being, say, a well-known author or fashion designer . . . but real, actual celebrity—the kind where you can’t step outside without being recognized. Kate Middleton, Kim Kardashian, Demi Moore-at-the-Academy Awards kind of celebrity. Would you want to be famous? The answer for me would have been yes when I was in my early and mid-20s. Velvet ropes opening up, private jets, front-row seats, assistants who do everything for you . . .
An Island Where Bodies Wash Ashore Like Driftwood

1 month ago | electricliterature.com | Wynter K. Miller |Charlotte McConaghy

Introduction by Caroline Bleeke Share article Issue No 667 Written by Charlotte McConaghy Recommended by Caroline Bleeke The opening pages of Charlotte McConaghy’s Wild Dark Shore have a fairytale quality to them. We meet the Salt family, a father and his three children, who live in a lighthouse and serve as caretakers of a vault containing copies of all the world’s seeds. They are the only inhabitants of a remote, windswept island—that is, until a mysterious woman washes up onshore, fighting...
Tyshawn Sorey wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize in music for 'Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith)'

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Charlotte McConaghy

Last year, the resolutely nonconformist composer, educator and percussionist Tyshawn Sorey was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Music — a rare honor in itself, and a confirmation of the esteem with which his work is held. But that doesn't mean he had any expectations for this year's award. "I'm still sitting here shocked beyond belief," he told NPR Music on Monday afternoon, about an hour after his composition Adagio (For Wadada Leo Smith) was announced as the Pulitzer winner for 2024.
Congress has less than a decade to fix Social Security before it runs short of cash

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Scott Horsley |Charlotte McConaghy

Social Security benefits are facing an automatic cut in less than 10 years unless changes are adopted. The report from Social Security trustees predicts the fund will be exhausted in November of 2033. Copyright 2024 NPR
Israeli troops take control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing with Egypt

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Charlotte McConaghy

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council about how Israel's evacuation of Rafah could affect the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Stream live performances from public radio's NON-COMM 2024

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez |Charlotte McConaghy

The premier annual industry conference for non-commercial triple-A radio stations, NON-COMMvention, returns on May 7-10 at World Cafe Live in Philadelphia. The event will bring together public radio music programmers, music industry representatives and music media from across the country. Afternoon and evening music showcases will feature some of today's leading artists and bands, who come from around the world to perform for NON-COMM attendees.
After years in a Syrian ISIS camp, a ten-person American family is back in the U.S.

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Sacha Pfeiffer |Charlotte McConaghy

A family of ten American citizens who were held for years in a Syrian refugee camp and detention center for relatives of Islamic State militants are now back in the United States, the result of complex negotiations that also returned two young sons of a Minnesota man who pleaded guilty to supporting the ISIS terrorist group.
Johnny Cash and Daisy Bates are both getting their due from their home state

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Charlotte McConaghy

The "Man in Black," singer-songwriter Johnny Cash, and civil rights icon Daisy Bates will be honored with statues representing Arkansas, at the U.S. Capitol later this year.
200 years ago Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 was first performed in Vienna

May 7, 2024 | boisestatepublicradio.org | Charlotte McConaghy

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, was the final complete symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824.