John Michael Cooper
OF HOPE AND NEW BEGINNINGS
A Commencement Letter from Langston Hughes, Shared with Margaret Bonds We are in an age of marches, of collective protests against...
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John Michael Cooper
- Dec 3, 2021
- 2 min
OUR PROMISES TO THE WORLD
A Teacher Bids a Fond Farewell (for now) to His Fine Students and an Adventurous Course [Background: Yesterday was the last regular class...
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John Michael Cooper
- Aug 5, 2021
- 2 min
“YOU GIVE ME A LIFT”
A Song Lyric by Margaret Bonds Margaret Bonds traveled nearly constantly in her adult life. Even though she maintained a single address...
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John Michael Cooper
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
LIVING VICARIOUSLY THROUGH POEMS:
MARGARET BONDS, EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY, AND LANGSTON HUGHES* * (WITH A CAMEO BY DEBUSSY AND PIERRE LOUŸS) The long, close, and...
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John Michael Cooper
- Dec 6, 2020
- 3 min
A BOUQUET OF FLORENCE PRICE
In February, 2020, G. Schirmer published a set of three piano pieces by Florence B. Price (1887-1953) under the collective title Three...
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John Michael Cooper
- Aug 28, 2020
- 5 min
ART, REVOLUTION, AND A REUNION OF HOPE
A virtual reunion with college sophomores offers surprises, wisdom, and a snapshot of Hope for a troubled time.
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John Michael Cooper
- Apr 8, 2020
- 5 min
THE ARTS LEAD
The arts are where our imagination grows the strange new fruit of new world-views that open the way to a brighter future.
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