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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;On the eve of her sixtieth birthday, Nan Watkins decided to embark on the around-the-globe trip she had always dreamed of&#8212;a trip she would take alone. Having endured both the dissolution of her thirty-year marriage and the devastating death of her twenty-three-year-old son, the author resolved to follow a solo path east across Europe and Asia to renew connections with old friends and explore foreign lands and cultures. Over adventure-filled weeks and months, what began as a trip of discovery transformed itself into a powerful journey of the spirit, touched by sorrow but buoyed by the pure pleasure of travel. Watkins considers the issues particular to a woman living and traveling alone and writes with great insight about the complexities of global development and the changing role of women in non-Western cultures. Ultimately, this rich and beautifully rendered chronicle, which takes Watkins from the lonesome, rugged coast of Ireland to the bustling streets of Katmandu to the majestic Rajasthan desert of western India, is a testimony to a woman&#8217;s determination to overcome great loss with joy and passion.&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><em>Rare Birds</em> is a collection of conversations with world-class jazz musicians and classical composers, featuring luminaries Philip Glass, Charles Lloyd, Abdullah Ibrahim, Steve Reich, Eugene Friesen, and Sathima Bea Benjamin. These in-depth, candid interviews focus not only on the music but also on the artists. <p>The six interviews, conducted by poet and author Thomas Rain Crowe and musician Nan Watkins, delve into the creative process, individual as well as global perspectives on the arts, the human condition, and various personal issues that are addressed in the music itself. These cutting-edge artists have singular ideas about what it means to be a composer and musician. <p>An important addition to the documentation of modern jazz musicians and composers, <em>Rare Birds</em> will appeal to anyone who is interested in jazz music or the contemporary classical canon. <p>Thomas Rain Crowe is a poet, translator, and author of twenty books, including the award-winning book of nonfiction <em>Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods</em>. Nan Watkins is a musician, writer, and translator. She is the author of <em>East Toward Dawn: A Woman's Solo Journey around the World</em>.</p></p></p></p>]]>
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