[NFCB] On PRX: Tibet, Rhymes, Women's History...

[Jake Shapiro]

March 19, 2008

WHO IS BUYING WHAT: Pieces licensed from PRX this past week:
http://prx.org/pieces/licensed/?timeframe=1w

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PLAN AHEAD

March is Women's History Month. See recommended pieces:
http://www.prx.org/articles/448

Get your campaign coverage:
http://www.prx.org/articles/905

March music picks from PRX Curator David Srebnik:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1216

March recommendations from PRX News Format Curator Mike Marcotte:
http://www.prx.org/articles/1195

Listen for Passover:
http://www.prx.org/search/results.do?q=passover&type=piece

Listen for Easter:
http://www.prx.org/search/results.do?q=easter&type=piece

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IN THE NEWS: TIBET

Tibetan Uprising: The Meaning of March 10th (The Tibet Connection,
09:54)
On March 10th, 1959, tens of thousands of Tibetans in Lhasa rose up
to resist the Communist Chinese occupation.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24387

Willing for Trouble: Profile of Tibetan Poet & Freedom Fighter Tenzin
Tsundue (The Tibet Connection, 10:09)
Interview with a poet-activist who is inspiring a new generation of
Tibetan youth.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24358

A Young American Writer Joins the March to Tibet (The Tibet
Connection, 06:19)
Courage, international friendship, and how to break into an Indian jail.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24357

Hear more from The Tibet Connection:
http://www.prx.org/group/tibetconnect/pieces

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RHYME TIME!

Togetherness, by Yusef Komunyakaa (Curtis Fox, 01:23)
Actor Dion Flynn reads Yusef Komunyakaa's poem, "Togetherness."
http://www.prx.org/pieces/18039

Happiness, by Jane Kenyon (Curtis Fox, 01:35)
Jane Kenyon's poem, "Happiness," read by actress Mary Testa.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/17888

Hear more from the Poetry Off the Shelf series:
http://www.prx.org/series/9517

Check out other pieces for Poetry Month in April:
http://www.prx.org/articles/461

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POLITICAL DRAMA

An American Daughter (L.A. Theatre Works, 118:00)
A comic and moving tale about the pitfalls that await political
appointees.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24137

The Best Man (L.A. Theatre Works, 118:00)
Gore Vidal's play explores how presidential agendas can change the
course of a nation's destiny. Special appearance by Fred Thompson.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24413

This Town (L.A. Theatre Works, 118:00)
Clinton insider Sidney Blumenthal penned this critical look at the
Washington press corps.
http://www.prx.org/pieces/24414

See all pieces from L.A. Theatre Works:
http://www.prx.org/group/LATW/pieces

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OTHER GOOD STUFF

* Make a difference! Volunteer opening at PRX:
http://ballotvox.prx.org/archives/14/like-to-be-a-co-curator

* A ton of documentaries:
http://www.prx.org/articles/816

* Who's hot on PRX? Check our Zeitfunk 2007 winners:
http://about.prx.org/zeitfunk/

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