Actors, poets, and artists defy convention. Indie actor Liev Schrieber wields a machine gun in his new movie, “Defiance.” A new poetry movement bubbles up from the internet, but it’s not all sunshine and moonbeams. When a multimedia artist discovered the government was tracking him, he decided to one-up the feds and track himself. Plus a conversation with saxophonist Joshua Redman.
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