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Randolph Bourne

An essayist and intellectual who lived in Greenwich Village, Randolph Bourne is an early figure of America's "bohemian" counterculture. Randolph Bourne was maimed by forceps during his birth, giving…

Dorothy Day

Dorothy Day was co-founder of a community of activists who published a newspaper while feeding, sheltering and living with the poor of New York City. The group and its paper, both called The Catholic…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Appendix

Contents The Poet I II Fragments on the Poet and the Poetic Gift I II III IV V Fragments Fragments on Nature and Life Nature The Earth The Heavens…

Pablo Neruda

Name at birth: Ricardo Eliecer Neftalí Reyes BaloaltoPoet, diplomat, bohemian and political activist, Pablo Neruda was a household name throughout Latin America for much of the 20th century. In his…

La Bohème

Music:Giacomo PucciniLibretto:Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica, based on Scènes de la vie de Bohème by Henri MurgerPremiere:Turin, February 1, 1896 Puccini's most expressive opera draws from…

Guinevere (Film)

Director/Writer:Audrey WellsMiramax; 104 minutes; RRelease:9/99Cast:Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea, Jean Smart Guinevere focuses on an inexperienced woman coming under the romantic tutelage of a…

She's All That

Director:Robert IscoveWriter: R. Lee Fleming, Jr.Miramax; PG–13; 86 minutesRelease:1/99Cast: Freddie Prinze, Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillar, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe and Usher…

Freddie Mercury Biography

Freddie Mercury (Farookh Bulsara)musician, bandleader, singerBorn: 9/5/1946Birthplace: Zanzibar, Zanzibar Lead singer and driving force behind the band Queen, Mercury died in 1991 of AIDS. He…

Laura Dern

Laura Dern is a lanky blonde leading lady of the big screen, best known for her roles in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) and Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993). She won an Oscar in 2020 for…

Louis Brandeis

Name at birth: Louis Dembritz BrandeisLouis Dembritz Brandeis became the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice in United States history when he was sworn in on 5 June 1916. He was the brilliant son of…