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Good Recent Read: Soul Mountain (ficton), Gao Xing Jian, translated by Mabel Lee One Man’s Bible (memoir), Gao Xing Jian, translated by Mabel Lee Both texts are consumed with travel, movement, dissonance, disassociation, fate, longing and belonging. Both narratives read like long, urgent poems. For more information about Gao Xing Jian and his work see: http://nobelprize.org/literature/laureates/2000/ Good Recent Listen: A Taste of Paradise, The Klezmer Conservatory Band Particularly beautiful are the sad-funny tunes about how--given the shortness and difficulty of life--there is always Vodka at the Inn and always occasion for dancing. For more information about the Klezmer Conservatory Band, see: http://www.klezmerconservatory.com/cd.htm For more information about Klezmer Music in general see: http://borzykowski.users.ch/EnglMCKlezmer.htm Good Recent See: I’m hooked on the HBO-series Six Feet Under.