Blog – John Zic

Posted on June 28, 2017

Dorothy Parker on Aspiring Writers

Posted on June 26, 2017

Author Julia Fierro Discusses Point of View

Posted on July 18, 2016

Lauren Alwan’s “The Foreign Cinema”

Posted on January 30, 2016

A Cycle of Eternal Return

Posted on November 19, 2015

Why There Are Words Reading

Posted on July 16, 2015

Eugene O’Neill

Posted on July 6, 2015

A Quick Note on Getting Better at Difficult Things

Posted on June 15, 2015

Achingly Beautiful

Posted on June 14, 2015

It’s Alive!

Posted on December 16, 2014

Stephen Hawking

Posted on December 16, 2014

Henry David Thoreau

John Z
@dorzix

@realDonaldTrump Ain't harassment fun. You would know of course.
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Ryan Knight 🗽
@ProudResister

She is going to beat the corporate media. She is going to beat the billionaires who try to stop her. She is going to beat the fear in her own party. She is going to beat Biden. She is going... John Z Retweeted
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John Z
@dorzix

@realDonaldTrump Listen to you saying "I call for..." Who the hell do you think you are, public servant?
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National Gallery of Art

American Pre-Raphaelitism through the Lens and on the Canvas Sophie Lynford, doctoral candidate in the history of art, Yale University; Diane Waggoner, curator of 19th-century photographs, National Gallery of Art
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of John Ruskin (1819–1900), the most influential art critic of ... 1 34 0 52 mins 0

Posted: 13 hours ago
MikeFarb
@mikefarb1

Our New Article "Trump's Twitter Bots" is now published. Please take the time to read and retweet. What is happening in his account should not be allowed to happen 3 years after the attack against us on Social Media. It... John Z Retweeted
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MikeFarb
@mikefarb1

This is absolutely huge. Colorado bans Bar Codes to Tally Votes!! All States not run By GOP need to follow this example and make changes to Secure their systems. https://t.co/zAP42Qm0eA John Z Retweeted
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Ilhan Omar
@IlhanMN

This is horrifying to watch.
When will the Republicans learn how to offer ideas and solutions without stroking fear and inciting violence?
Enough is enough. They need to pull this garbage off the air and issue an apology to @AOC.... John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Robert holgate
@415holgate

Collins cast deciding vote to let Trump take money from military families for his wall https://t.co/uBMBZY84N1 John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Kassandra Seven
@KassandraSeven

Don’t #BoycottABC,
Boycott Sinclair instead.
They’re the reason that AOC ad aired last night. It only aired on Sinclair broadcasts.
Here’s a list of channels owned by Sinclair as of 2018:
Sinclair broadcast group stations by state list https://t.co/y0y6Emj6Hp John Z Retweeted
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kathy levy
@kathy_levy

#BoycottABC this should be trending after the atrocious airing of despicable hate filled ad ABC allowed during debate. Shameful and disgusting. I am done with ABC. https://t.co/0Zl9FrRJew John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
Roland Scahill
@rolandscahill

The guy who tweeted the death threat against Beto is probably now being vetted for a job in the Trump White House John Z Retweeted
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Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈
@Amy_Siskind

This lawmaker should be arrested for making a death threat.
"My AR is ready for you Robert Francis," Republican Representative Briscoe Cain tweeted about O'Rourke. https://t.co/99o0VFttGa John Z Retweeted
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Posted: 6 days ago
David Hogg
@davidhogg111

If you threaten to kill a presidential candidate you should not have a gun https://t.co/YqkzXaer2U John Z Retweeted
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National Gallery of Art

Press Event: Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence At the press preview for Verrocchio: Sculptor and Painter of Renaissance Florence on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, remarks were given by Kaywin Feldman, director, National Gallery of Art; Larry Di Rita, Public Policy Executive/Market President, Bank of America; His Excellency ... 4 214 0 30 mins 0

Posted: Last week
National Gallery of Art

FAPE 2019: Ken Burns and the American Story Ken Burns, filmmaker, in conversation with David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, trustee of the National Gallery of Art, and chairman of the Smithsonian Institution
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Posted: Last week
National Gallery of Art

Press Event: The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art At the press preview for The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, remarks by Kaywin Feldman, director, National Gallery of Art, were followed by a tour of the exhibition ... 0 121 0 53 mins 0

Posted: Last week
National Gallery of Art

Two Writers on Art, Music, and Modality Paul Carter Harrison, playwright and expert in African American theatre, and Quincy Troupe, poet, in conversation with Harry Cooper, senior curator and head of modern art, National Gallery of Art
American painter, printmaker, and sculptor Oliver Lee Jackson (b. 1935) ... 0 2456 0 82 mins 0

Posted: 2 weeks ago
National Gallery of Art

The Art and Literature of the Great War David Gariff, senior lecturer, National Gallery of Art.
The First World War, known as the Great War, was also the first modern war, claiming millions of lives, in part, by newly invented weapons such as the machine gun, tank, aircraft, ... 0 3712 0 160 mins 0

Posted: 2 weeks ago
National Gallery of Art

Photography from the Sunny Side of the Alps John Hobson, staff assistant, department of special projects, National Gallery of Art
The study of Slovene photography has remained intertwined with the medium’s specific relation to pan-Yugoslavian artistic development, generally focusing on the period between 1945 and 1991. In celebration ... 2 4080 0 38 mins 1

Posted: Last month
National Gallery of Art

Augusta Savage: A Woman of Her Word Jeffreen M. Hayes, executive director, Threewalls
An outstanding sculptor associated with the intellectual and cultural awakening known as the Harlem Renaissance, Augusta Savage (1892-1962) overcame poverty, racism, and sexual discrimination in pursuit of her goals. Creating new visions of black ... 3 3937 1 41 mins 4

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National Gallery of Art

Signed JV, but not by Vermeer: Jacobus Vrel’s “Young Woman in an Interior” Kristen Gonzalez, department of northern baroque paintings, National Gallery of Art
Jacobus Vrel is not exactly a household name. A painter of quiet Dutch genre scenes, he produced some fifty works and quickly fell into obscurity. Composing modest interiors and ... 1 2529 0 37 mins 0

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National Gallery of Art

I.M. Pei: A Celebration of His Life and Work Lorena Bradford, accessible programs, department of education, National Gallery of Art
Since it opened to the public in 1978, the East Building has been recognized as one of the National Gallery of Art’s most prized masterpieces. The passing of the ... 2 2709 1 63 mins 0

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John Zic

Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower. Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower. 0 Repin Likes

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An abandoned highway in the Rocky mountains of Canada An abandoned highway in the Rocky mountains of Canada 2 Repin Likes

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Super cell in Nebraska Super cell in Nebraska 0 Repin Likes

Posted: 3 months ago
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dorzic

Hello from Carly 11 Likes

Posted: 5 months ago
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dorzic

Ahhh warm sun on her back! 3 Comments
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Posted: 7 months ago
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dorzic

Carly's eyes will melt your heart. 2 Comments
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Posted: 7 months ago
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It's True ❤️ It's True ❤️ 0 Repin Likes

Posted: Over 2 years ago
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Barn Beside The Road Barn Beside The Road 0 Repin Likes

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Jonathan Franzen - Freedom US literary superstar Jonathan Franzen talks about his hugely acclaimed novel Freedom. An epic of contemporary love and marriage, Freedom charts the exploits of the Berglund family, capturing the temptations and burdens of liberty, the thrills of teenage lust, the ... 60 2538 3 50 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Marian Keyes - Rachel's Holiday World Book Club talks life, sex, drugs, if not rock ‘n’ roll to chart-topping Irish writer Marian Keyes about her best-selling novel Rachel’s Holiday. She answers BBC listeners' questions from around the world, and also reads several passages from her ... 15 671 0 49 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

JD Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye Harriet Gilbert discusses JD Salinger's classic novel The Catcher in the Rye with a studio audience, including questions from BBC World Service listeners as far afield as Nepal and the Czech Republic. She's in New York's Algonquin Hotel, long-time hangout ... 82 2724 0 50 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Daniel Kehlmann This month World Book Club talks to bestselling German writer Daniel Kehlmann whose entertaining, and internationally acclaimed novel Measuring the World took the literary world by storm nine years ago.
In it he reimagines the lives of German mathematician Carl ... 9 258 0 50 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Albert Camus - The Outsider One hundred years after his birth this month’s World Book Club, will be discussing Albert Camus' seminal novel The Outsider with his acclaimed biographer Oliver Todd, and Professor of French at Sheffield University, David Walker. And appropriately the programme comes ... 58 1463 0 53 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Neil Gaiman Harriett Gilbert talks to the bestselling author Neil Gaiman, voted by listeners as the 'most wanted' guest for the programme.
Neil is a British writer, comic book author, a short-story writer, a science fiction and fantasy novelist, now living in ... 19 341 0 52 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
WSWorldBookClub

Ahdaf Soueif - The Map of Love At this crucial moment in Egypt’s story, this month’s World Book Club talks to one of the country’s great writers, Ahdaf Soueif, about her internationally acclaimed novel The Map of Love.
In her Booker-shortlisted bestseller Soueif weaves together two poignant ... 13 286 0 53 mins 0

Posted: Over 2 years ago
Ray Chen Violin

Ray Chen & Luca D'Alberto "Bach-Teaser" TEASER track.
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Posted: A long while ago
John Zic

My short story, "A Secret Mother" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The… My short story, "A Secret Mother" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by The… 0 Repin Likes

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Ray Chen Violin

LIVE IN SWEDEN: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 1st Movement extract Performed live on February 28th, 2015 with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and Maestro Kent Nagano 7471 423156 98 3 mins 0

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