"Imported Breads: Literature of Culture Exchange edited by Phillip Sterling"
Recipients of Fulbright grants situate themselves intimately in the countries they visit for educational scholarship, whether they arrive as student, scholar, or lecturer. The position affords these people a prestige that shines through in many of the pieces included in Imported Breads: Literature of Culture Exchange, an anthology comprising work by American Fulbright grant recipients. ...
Music
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"Lanu: Right at Home"
Lanu: This Is My Home
...A hybrid of sounds, the introduction sets listeners up well for the eclecticism to come by sampling various styles, from uptempo funk to Afrobeats to breaks, and foretells the impending digital fluctuations. ...
"Wax Poetic's Series of Streetscapes"
Wax Poetic: Copenhagen, Istanbul, Brasil
Releases on Nublu prove as varied and unpredictable as nights out at the like-named live-music bar/lounge in New York's Alphabet City -- you never know who's going to show up, or what mood they're going to be in.
"Indian Electronica Gone Awry"
MIDIval PunditZ: Remixed
Combining elements of India's rich musical heritage with electronic basslines and danceable beats affords producers ample opportunities for creating incredible, unique sounds. ...
