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1950s

Nina Simone and the Great American Songbook

For months now, I’ve needed to call the dentist to schedule a teeth cleaning. Luckily, sitting down at my desk to do the last of the semester’s grading presented the perfect opportunity. It was good to get that out of the way because my students’ work deserves my undivided attention. I set the music media software on my PC to random play, so to drown out any distractions. “The Other Woman,” by Nina Simone came on. Wow, what a cut! I could (and did) listen to that song over and over. It’s one of my favorites. But something about it Read more