CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOOD

“What else do you do for relaxation, Angelica?” “I listen to Tom Jones.” “You’re kidding me! My grandmother loved him.” “Your grandmother...

“Orange Is the New Black” disturbed me. I am not referring to the content, the writing or the acting in the television series. I am...

Listen to the first movement of Mendelsohn's "Italian Symphony", which influenced Angelica Morgan's "Los Angeles Symphony" in TUNE IN,...

Nikki Giovanni in 2008 speaking at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (Photo by Brett Weinstein-Flickr) The article below first...

Listen to the opening aria from the opera, “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin, who was an influence of composer Angelica Morgan in Turn...

Publicity shot of Flo Kennedy (1916-2000) This article first appeared on February 5, 1981 in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper where I was a...

Listen to the warblers, one of composer Angelica Morgan's influences, while reading more about Angelica in TURN ON, TUNE OUT: “I’ve...

Legendary singer-songwriter Billie Holiday and other jazz greats jammed at the Plaza Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia when it was the place for...

Listen to Lou Harrison, one of the influences of Angelica, the avant-garde composer in TURN ON, TUNE OUT while reading an exclusive...

Read an exclusive excerpt about an avant-garde composer, Angelica, from the novel, TURN ON; TUNE OUT: "Angelica lived with a cousin in...

Read below an exclusive excerpt from TURN ON, TUNE OUT: "(Angelica's) mind wandered to country lanes too narrow for two cars to pass each...

In 1942 in The New York Times newsroom before computers and cell phones In 2002, I wrote the following piece on computerless job hunting...

ESTA TERRA E SUA TERRA POR WOODY GUTHRIE Esta terra é sua terra; esta terra é minha terra Da Califórnia a ilha de Nova York Da floresta...

When I was growing up in New York, my family watched the “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Sunday evenings at 8 p.m. At school, the following...

HBO is developing a new adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel, Fahrenheit 451. Francois Truffaut's version in 1966 was excellent....

Alfredo, a movie projectionist in a Sicilian village, and Toto, a boy who lost his father, become father and son in "Cinema Paradiso".

At a bustling family-run restaurant on the popular Portuguese seaside, the family next to me, a man, woman and two teenagers, stayed...

For days, I held a scene of wonder in my heart. The craziness and sordidness of American politics were outweighed by it. Papa Francisco...

Ugly misogynist comments and actions during a recent U.S. presidential campaign prompted me to question present attitudes toward women...