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Lempster Wind Project Brings Business to State
By Amy Quinton on Thursday, October 9, 2008.The state’s first large scale commercial wind farm will soon be up and running in the town of Lempster. Twelve wind-powered turbines on top of Lempster Mountain are expected to provide power to about 10,000 homes.
The wind farm drew criticism when first proposed, but nearby towns are now profiting from the project.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.
Nick Flynn at the Massachusetts Poetry Festival
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, October 9, 2008.If you’re looking for a new experience this holiday weekend, consider the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. It’s the first ever state-wide celebration of poets and poetry on the home turf of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Jack Kerouac. The three-day festival features readings, workshops, films and music.
Headlining tomorrow night in Kerouac’s hometown of Lowell, is poet and author Nick Flynn. His two books of poetry earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship and numerous other awards. His memoir, Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, won the Pen/Martha Albrand Award. He’s also collaborated with visual artists, worked on an Academy Award-nominated film, authored a play called Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins, and is now at work on a new memoir.
Nick Flynn joins us on Word of Mouth to talk about his work and this weekend's festival.
October 9, 2008
Today on Word of Mouth, filmmaker Yung Chang takes us to China’s Yangtze Valley, where intentional flooding is driving millions of people from their homes. It’s all part of the government’s plan to build the world’s largest hydroelectric dam. Plus, much of the global wood supply is harvested illegally - that means your everyday purchases may be contributing to widespread destruction of forests, and organized crime.
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Alina Simone and the Songs of Yanka
By Virginia Prescott on Thursday, October 9, 2008.
Russian poet and songwriter Yana Dyagileva – or simply Yanka, as she was better known—had a music career that only ran four years. But her songs had a lasting impact on the Russian underground music scene. She gained a following as her tapes were passed around hand-to-hand below the radar of authorities in the late 1980s and early 1990s. But as the Soviet Union began to fall apart, so did Yanka’s personal life. She moved back to her family’s home in Siberia and isolated herself from the rest of the world. She was 24 years old when she went missing one spring day; A week later, her body was found in a nearby river.
Her music lives on, though, most recently through the voice of artist Alina Simone. Alina has released a full album of Yanka cover songs, and the new record is developing a following of its own. It’s called “Everyone is Crying Out to Me, Beware”, and Alina joins us live on Word of Mouth to discuss it.
