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COVER STORY
Art of Devotion
Kurt Andersen and novelist Mark Salzman look at the close intersections of artistic creation and religious devotion.
  Qawwali
It's a bridge between the human and the divine. Ishrat
Ansari, of the Pakistani cultural foundation Virsa, and Robert Browning
of the World Music Institute talk about the transporting sound of the
devotional folk music of the Sufi Muslims. Produced by Jocelyn Gonzales.
(Photo right: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan)
 Go
to The World Music Institute website
Go
to Virsa Pakistan website
Go
to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's official site
Sonic
Buddhism
An exploration of what sound means in across Buddhist
traditions. Produced by Karen Michel.
Go
to Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery in Woodstock, NY
Go
to Zen Mountain Monastery website
Go
to a John Cage website
 Orthodox
Iconography
A Russian painter and his son pass on their knowledge to a new group of iconographers in Santa Fe. Produced by Karen Frillman.
Go
to The Prosopon School of Iconology website
Go
to Orthodox Church in America website
Song
Of Songs
Poet Chana Bloch and composer Jorge Liderman describe
their linguistic and musical translations of an ancient love poem from
the Hebrew Bible. Produced by Michele Siegel.
Go
to University of California Press
Go
to Chana Bloch's website
Go
to background on Song of Songs
SPECIAL GUEST
 Mark
Salzman
Mark Salzman is the author of Iron and Silk, The Soloist,
and Lost in Place. His latest book, Lying Awake, about the spiritual journey
of a Carmelite nun, has just been published in paperback by Vintage.
Go
to Salzman's agent's website
Go
to Lying Awake
Go
to the Salon.com interview
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Playing
In early June, single-handed pianist Gary Graffman
will perform the Luis Prado Concerto for Piano Left Hand with the Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia. Graffman's hand injury has significantly
changed his career, though not necessarily his musicianship. Produced
by Sara Fishko.
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to Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia
Go
to Graffman bio
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