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PATTI SMITH AND THE PEOPLE ~

 

       March 23, 2026

R.L. BURNSIDE TONIGHT ~

 

    1978

MALICK SIDIBE ~

 

R E A D   M E

     Foundation Cartier

     2017

AUGIE MEYERS ~

 

A U G I E   M E Y E R S

          John Anderson/The Austin Chronicle, via Getty Images

M O R E

DEBORAH DIGGES ~

    

    So Light You Were

I Would Have Carried You

So light you were

I would have carried you,

hacked from the ice

a bridge,

you in my arms,

from February into April.

And crossed

above the snow

banked narrowing

the streets, this winter's

tired citizens, the erlking

and his foundling crossing.

Light as you were

I would have carried you

from the room

of your death back

to our room,

climbed back,

crawled up the stairs

to our bed.

From February into

April, hid in your arms

in the woods

frantic please.

Light as we were.

And could be carried out

on a float of last year's

leaves

and bracken thaw

rinsing the tide pools.

So light you were.

I would have carried you

from February

into April.

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Deborah Digges

Trapeze

Knopf, 2004

PRINCE TONIGHT ~

 

Parade - Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon ℗ 1986 Warner Records Inc.

ROBERT M. WEST ~

 

Heartbeat

Hold me

too

close to

tell

whose is

whose.

Echo

A lone

voice

in the

right

empty space

makes

its own

best

company.

Exposure

What you're

eager to

believe may

say more

about you

than you'd

be eager

to admit.

Ulysses

Even frailer,

bound for failure

die at sea or home

I roam.

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Robert M. West

A Clear Eye

Broadstone Books, 2026

HELL (Sleater-Kinney) TONIGHT ~

 

   2024

RILKE'S GARDEN ~

 

R E A D   M E

        Seagull Books, 2025

REBECCA SOLNIT'S ROAD ~

 

R E A D   M E

        Haymarket 2025

ZANZIBARA TONIGHT ~

 

Musiciens: Matano Juma ; Yasseen Mohamed ; Zuhura Swaleh ; Ali Mkali ; Zein l’Abdin ; Maulidi Juma ; Zuhura & Zein Musical Part ; Ahmed bin Brek 

Production exécutive / éditeur / transferts / restauration / mastering : Werner Graebner

Enregistrements : Zanzibar (2004) ; Dubaï (2005)

Prise de son : Werner Graebner

TIM O'BRIEN (VIETNAM WAR) ~

 

Writer and veteran Tim O'Brien reflects on the moral weight of the Vietnam War’s most infamous atrocity. Official website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe... | #AmericanExperiencePBS In this interview from the American Experience archives, novelist and Vietnam War veteran Tim O'Brien, author of "The Things They Carried," reflects on the legacy of the 1968 My Lai massacre, in which U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians. O’Brien discusses how the massacre shaped Americans’ understanding of the war, the moral and psychological toll on the soldiers involved, and the challenges of confronting painful truths about the past. Drawing on his experience as both a veteran and a writer, O’Brien explores how memory, storytelling, and accountability shape the way societies remember war. His reflections illuminate the broader context of the conflict and the lasting impact of My Lai on American public life. O’Brien spoke to American Experience on November 20, 2009. This interview was conducted for our 2015 documentary MY LAI and is being published as part of our series spotlighting remarkable archival conversations with historians, journalists, eyewitnesses, and other primary sources whose insights deepen our understanding of the past. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.