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The Frame® FOR February 28, 2018

Lawrence Wright's 'The Looming Tower'; musician Nick Hakim; Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl'

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R&B singer Nick Hakim makes music to heal and 'to be vulnerable'

Recalling the warmth of early ‘70s R&B, Hakim takes after Marvin Gaye with his lyrics, exploring more personal and introverted themes.
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Was 9/11 really inevitable?

Lawrence Wright question that assumption in "The Looming Tower," a Hulu miniseries that focuses on FBI and CIA infighting in the period leading up to the attacks.
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Revisiting Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' in the wake of the Florida school shooting

The poem's reference to Moloch, a god associated with child sacrifice, gives the re-issue of Ginsberg's recording a haunting resonance.
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