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COVER STORY
Longing
Before a live audience at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York, Kurt Andersen and writer Frank McCourt talk about the art of longing.
 Sussan
Deyhim
Composer and vocalist Sussan Deyhim recently collaborated
with film artist Shirin Neshat on the performance piece, Logic of the
Birds. She performs a musical passage from that work. Deyhim left Iran
shortly after the Revolution in 1979 and has never returned. Her haunting
vocals are heard in Neshat’s film, Turbulent, and she has worked with
musicians ranging from the Blue Man Group to Branford Marsalis.
Go to Sussan Deyhim’s official site
Visit Sussan Deyhim at Sony Classical
Go to an interview with Sussan Deyhim at Incursion.org
 Luna
The band Luna is known for its lush, swirling, atmospheric
songs about unhealthy habits and unrequited love. Luna performs Lovedust,
from its album Romantica.
Go to Luna’s Official Site
Go to Luna’s page at Jetset Records
Cintra
Wilson
Cintra Wilson discovered that celebrities, like pop stars, often
inspire profound longing in complete strangers. Cintra Wilson is a playwright
and performer and the author of “A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Re-Examined
As a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations.”
Go to Cintra Wilson’s Official Site
Go to a Review of Cintra Wilson’s “A Massive
Swelling.”
Luna
Listen to Luna's second song, "Swedish Fish."
SPECIAL GUEST
Frank McCourt
Frank McCourt won the Pulitzer Prize for Angela's Ashes, about his
impoverished childhood in Ireland. He taught high school English for over
forty years in the New York City public schools and is currently at work
on a book about teaching.
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Visit Frank McCourt at Simon and Schuster
Visit Visit the Angela’s Ashes Film Site
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Bonus Songs From Sussan Deyhim &
Luna
Luna:
"Pup Tent"
Sussans
Deyhim:
"Logic of the Birds"
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