![]() ![]() The groups had not yet begun to murder each other, so the person telling me the story did not mention which one, only that the militants wanted to make clear their dominance over the politicians. Perhaps there was more than one because my brothers went without me, I can only tell you what I heard over the years. Just beyond that, a gunman from one of the Tamil militant groups lurked. Just beyond them, at the edge of the crowd and also at the edge of the stage, stood several policemen. The hall, which was almost in Jaffna town proper, barely contained the people who had come old men and young men and a few young women spilled out onto the edges of each hallway and entrance, craning their necks to see the TULF speakers. Ganeshananthan is the author of "Brotherless Night." (Sophia Mayrhofer) Book excerpt: 'Brotherless Night' Ganeshananthan about her novel " Brotherless Night," which centers around a Tamil family caught up in Sri Lanka's civil war. Here & Now's Deepa Fernandes speaks with V.V. ![]() The cover of "Brotherless Night." (Courtesy of Penguin Random House) ![]()
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![]() ![]() from Morehouse College in 1923 and his M.Div. Howard Thurman (1899–1981) received his B.A. ![]() I will look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience concerning this matter so that I may proceed in setting up my church calendar for the year. degree from the University in June of this year. 2 You will probably remember me from my recent studies at Boston University. My immediate predecessor was your friend, Dr. Many outstanding ministers have served here. Probably you are already familiar with the church. The Dexter Avenue Baptist Church has a rich history. Your presence as well as your message would mean so much to our church and to our community. I sincerely hope that you can accept the invitation. ![]() This is one of the outstanding events of our church year. I would like to extend to you an invitation to preach the Men’s Day sermon the second Sunday in July, 1956. I am seeking each year to bring some of the great preachers of our nation to Dexter Avenue Baptist Church for this occasion. The second Sunday in July is the date set aside for our annual Men’s Day. I am in the process of setting up my program for the coming church year. King invites Thurman, dean of Boston University’s Marsh Chapel, to speak for Men’s Day. ![]() ![]() Coming off a breakout tour just days before Christmas, Heath Sawyer dreams of escaping to a deserted island, but his mother asks him to come home to Okmulgee for the holidays. As previously reported, the novel centers on a road-weary singer exhausted after finally making it to the big time. Then, the folks at New American Library invited Shackleford to pen a novel inspired by the song, which she co-wrote in 2013 with Travis Trasher. ![]() ![]() The song was included on Shelton's 2012 holiday album, "Cheers, It's Christmas," and Shelton and Shackleford performed it on his 2012 NBC television special "Blake Shelton's Not-So Family Christmas." As previously reported, the 2018 telefilm "It's Time to Me to Come Home for Christmas" and the 2019 title "Time for You to Come Home for Christmas," like the new movie, were both inspired by Shelton's song, “Time for Me to Come Home.” The Ada native wrote and recorded the yuletide tune with his mom, Dorothy Shackleford. The new movie is the third Hallmark movie Shelton has executive produced. ![]() “Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas” is a new original premiering at 9 tonight on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries as part of the network’s “Miracles of Christmas” programming event. ![]() Country music superstar, television personality and Oklahoma native Blake Shelton is adding another Hallmark Christmas telefilm executive producer credit to his slate. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We both firmly believe that public broadcasting is an essential bulwark (sometimes it seems like the only one) between corporate America and an independent electorate. Over the years, we slowly migrated to KPCC (other than a weekly pilgrimage for Harry Shearer's Le Show, of course). After Claire and I met, she got hooked on public radio first, by listening to KCRW to preserve her sanity while organizing the legal files at a movie studio in the early 80s in Los Angeles. ![]() ![]() My parents were longtime members of WKAR in East Lansing, where I grew up, but I didn't pay much attention at the time. We've made a living jointly since then mostly as screenwriters, authors and performers.Ī. We got married on in downtown L.A., having met four months earlier and being engaged for only eight days. We like the age difference because we're statistically likely to die at about the same time, and neither of us much likes the idea of living without the other. Claire turned 64 in January 2015 I turned 58 in February 2015. Their hope is to inspire others to make a similar decision to remember public radio in their estate plans.Ī. NPR is so important to the couple-who now live in Los Angeles-that they named NPR and their local Member station as the primary beneficiaries of their wills. The couple-who married in 1981 after a four-month courtship-have taken NPR with them in their travels across the country as screenwriters, authors and performers. ![]() |