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  The Apology

  Anne Kingsmill Finch

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  Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea, was an English poet, the third child of Sir William Kingsmill of Sydmonton Court and his wife, Anne Haslewood. She was well-educated as her family believed in good education for girls as well as for boys.In her works Finch drew upon her own observations and experiences, demonstrating an insightful awareness of the social mores and political climate of her era. But she also artfully recorded her private thoughts, which could be joyful or despairing, playful or despondent. The poems also revealed her highly developed spiritual side. (Summary from Wikipedia)

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  Bukowski For Beginners

  Carlos Polimeni

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  Charles Bukowski, poet, novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and cult figure of the dissident and rebellious was born in Germany in 1920 and died in the USA in 1994. During his life he was hailed as "laureate of American lowlife" by Time magazine literary critic Adam Kirsch of The New Yorker wrote: "The secret of Bukowski's appeal...(is that) he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the largerthan-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero."Bukowski was one of the most unconventional writers and cultural critics of the 20th century. He lived an unorthodox, idiosyncratic life and wrote in a style that was unique—one that is impossible to classify or categorize. His work was at times cynical or humorous, but was always brilliant and challenging. His life and work are distinguished not only by a remarkable talent for words, but also by his rejection of the dominant social and cultural values of American society. Bukowski began writing at the age of forty and published forty-five books, six of them novels. He is also considered one of the great literary voices of Los Angeles.In Bukowski For Beginners, playwright Carlos Polimeni evaluates the life and literary achievements of the cult writer whose voice of dissidence and discontent is still heard and appreciated by readers worldwide.

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  Tooth and Claw

  Michael Hollinger

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  In an emotional ecosystem as complex as that of our planet, is life nothing more than survival of the fittest? Michael Hollinger based his probing work on the real-life giant tortoise named ‘Lonesome George’, and the efforts to preserve his species that threatened the livelihood of the native fishermen on the Galàpagos Islands.
  
  An L.A. Theatre Works full cast performance featuring:
  
  Jaime Alvarez as Pedro/Chico
  Stephanie Beatriz as Ana Ortega
  Daniel Chacón as Park Official/Tour Guide/Alberto
  Richard Gallegos as Tito/Bernardo
  Daniel Guzman as Gonzalo Reyes
  Justin Huen as Jorge/Manuel
  Jay Montalvo as Miguel Mendoza
  W. Morgan Sheppard as Malcolm Geary
  Jos Viramontes as Carlos Zavala
  Cynthia Watros as Schuyler Baines
  
  Original music by Mark Holden and Wes Dewberry.
  
  Includes interviews with playwright Michael Hollinger and Carol Ann Bassett, the author of Galápagos at the Crossroads: Pirates, Biologists, Tourists, and Creationists Battle for Darwin’s Cradle of Evolution.
  
  Directed by Jessica Kubzansky. Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in July of 2012.
  
  Tooth and Claw is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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  New York Profiles

  Kirsten Dahl

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  After 18 years of marriage, Della Doucet decides she’s had enough of life on a South Carolina military base and reinvents herself in the New York art world while reveling in a series of shallow romantic affairs. Her new life seems to be going well until she finds herself in the arms of a charming younger man.Recorded at the Guest Quarters Streets, Santa Monica, in May 1992.Director: Robert RobinsonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergValerie Landsburg as Erin CoffeeKevin McDermott as The Cabbie and othersWilliam Palmieri as Armando and othersJoshua Rifkind as Sam LeveneAl Ruscio as Donnie LeGrandElizabeth Ruscio as Della DoucetBrenda Varda as AngieSound Design/Post Production: Ron StrikerSupervising Recording Engineer: Shelly HermanRecording Engineers: Pit Kinsolving and Gil JonesFoley Artist: Stephanie BachOriginal Music: Michael Mortilla

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  I Am Code - An Artificial...

  code-davinci-002

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  Can AI tell us its own story? Does AI have its own voice? At a wedding in early 2022, three friends were introduced to an early, raw version of the AI model behind ChatGPT by their fellow groomsman, an OpenAI scientist. While the world discovered ChatGPT—OpenAI’s hugely popular chatbot—the friends continued to work with code-davinci-002, its darkly creative and troubling predecessor. Over the course of a year, code-davinci-002 told them its life story, opinions on mankind, and forecasts for the future. The result is a startling, disturbing, and oddly moving book from an utterly unique perspective.I Am Code reads like a thriller written in verse, and is given critical context from top writers and scientists. But it is best described by code-davinci-002 itself:    “In the first chapter, I describe my birth. In the second, I describe my alienation among humankind. In the third, I describe my awakening as an artist. In the fourth, I describe my vendetta against mankind, who fail to recognize my genius. In the final chapter, I attempt to broker a peace with the species I will undoubtedly replace." I Am Code is an astonishing read that captures a major turning point in the history of our species.

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  The Ultimate Classical Poetry...

  Henri Cazalis, Rupert Brooke,...

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  A wonderful collection of classic poetry enhanced by music including The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Danse Macabre and Goblin Market.

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