http://wamc.org en http://wamc.org/post/eslanda-large-and-unconventional-life-mrs-paul-robeson-barbara-ransby <p>Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson lived a colorful and amazing life. Her career and commitments took her many places: colonial Africa in 1936, the front lines of the Spanish Civil War, the founding meeting of the United Nations, Nazi-occupied Berlin, Stalin's Russia, and China two months after Mao's revolution. She was a woman of unusual accomplishment—an anthropologist, a prolific journalist, a tireless advocate of women's rights, an outspoken anti-colonial and antiracist activist, and an internationally sought-after speaker.</p><p> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:10:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 57383 at http://wamc.org "Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson" by Barbara Ransby http://wamc.org/post/iron-curtain-crushing-eastern-europe-anne-applebaum <p>Anne Appllebaum is a columnist for <em>The Washington Post</em> and <em>Slate</em>. Her book, <em>Gulag</em>, won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction and was a finalist for three other major prizes. Her essays appear in <em>The New York Review of Books</em>, <em>Slate</em>, and <em>The London Spectator</em>.</p> Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:12:00 +0000 Joe Donahue 53070 at http://wamc.org "Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe" by Anne Applebaum