@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODAug 2, 20171 min"You Can Leave Your Hat On"“What else do you do for relaxation, Angelica?” “I listen to Tom Jones.” “You’re kidding me! My grandmother loved him.” “Your grandmother...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODAug 1, 20173 minU.S. Prison: Rite of Passage“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...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 25, 20171 minMendelsohn's Symphony on the RunListen to the first movement of Mendelsohn's "Italian Symphony", which influenced Angelica Morgan's "Los Angeles Symphony" in TUNE IN,...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 24, 20176 minPoet of More Tolerant TomorrowsNikki Giovanni in 2008 speaking at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (photo by Brett Weinstein-Flickr) This article first appeared on...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 21, 20171 min"Summertime": Ella FitzgeraldListen to the opening aria from the opera, “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin, who was an influence of composer Angelica Morgan in Turn...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 20, 20174 minFLO: With Wit and Flamboyance, Activist Fights InjusticePublicity shot of Flo Kennedy (1916-2000) This article first appeared on February 5, 1981 in the Virginian-Pilot newspaper where I was a...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 17, 20171 min"Conducting the Warblers"Listen to the warblers, one of composer Angelica Morgan's influences, while reading more about Angelica in TURN ON, TUNE OUT: “I’ve...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 16, 20177 minClassy Hotel Gone, But Memories StayLegendary singer-songwriter Billie Holiday and other jazz greats jammed at the Plaza Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia when it was the place for...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 13, 20171 minViolin and Gamelan Suite -Lou HarrisonListen to Lou Harrison, one of the influences of Angelica, the avant-garde composer in TURN ON, TUNE OUT while reading an exclusive...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 12, 20171 min"Take the A Train"Read an exclusive excerpt about an avant-garde composer, Angelica, from the novel, TURN ON; TUNE OUT: "Angelica lived with a cousin in...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 10, 20171 minAngelica's Inspiration: ElgarRead below an exclusive excerpt from TURN ON, TUNE OUT: "(Angelica's) mind wandered to country lanes too narrow for two cars to pass each...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 10, 20175 minDigital DivideIn 1942 in The New York Times newsroom before computers and cell phones In 2002, I wrote the following piece on computerless job hunting...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 3, 20172 min"This Land Is Your Land": Happy Fourth!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...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJul 1, 20172 min"You Better Think"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...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJun 21, 20171 minIn Fahrenheit 451, Books BurnHBO is developing a new adaptation of Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel, Fahrenheit 451. Francois Truffaut's version in 1966 was excellent....
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJun 18, 20171 minHappy Father's Day, Toto and Alfredo!Alfredo, a movie projectionist in a Sicilian village, and Toto, a boy who lost his father, become father and son in "Cinema Paradiso".
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJun 17, 20172 minCell Phone Etiquette: BreatheAt a bustling family-run restaurant on the popular Portuguese seaside, the family next to me, a man, woman and two teenagers, stayed...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJun 16, 20173 minMiracle of the Sun near Fatima, PortugalFor days, I held a scene of wonder in my heart. The craziness and sordidness of American politics were outweighed by it. Papa Francisco...
@ CYNTHIA ADINA KIRKWOODJun 15, 20172 minUnder Spell of Witch, Writer: Doris LessingUgly misogynist comments and actions during a recent U.S. presidential campaign prompted me to question present attitudes toward women...