Coverage of the Association of Writers and Writing Professionals' 2014 conference held in Seattle, WA.  Featuring Drunken Boat editor Ravi Shankar, poem excerpts from Alvin Pang, and more.

Best Known Secret: Off-Site at AWP 2014

Halfmoondew

Waltz for satie

“The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes … but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies.” – Alan Lomax

Welcome to Local Music Worldwide, a radio series documenting traditional and folk musics from around the world, played locally in New York City. In the tradition of journalist and ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax, the series seeks to preserve personal narratives and intimate live recordings. Over the course of these episodes, producer Willis Arnold will explore how music evolves even as traditions are kept alive.


The Lomax Archives

Choro, Music Among Friends and Family

From The Ukraine to Michigan, The Bandura Still Sings

Sinuhé Padilla-Isunza: Aztec and Gypsy Music

Jorteh Senah's "Steel Pan Brings the Caribbean to Brooklyn"

Biodiesel on the Hudson

Ugly Duckling Presse: Independent Publishing Growth in Brooklyn

Willis Ryder Arnold

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