The musician has been writing,singing, and playing music almost all his life.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

The town shaped Hurston's life and her writing.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

He once wrote that when he was young he imagined that with the possible exception of a doctor saving a life, "writing a worthy play was the most important thing a human being could do."

VOA: special.2009.11.29

Her writing of the harshness of life in a small, German-speaking Romanian village spoke of corruption and repression and her fight for free speech.

VOA: standard.2009.10.08