Nature Boy — a Jazz Classic

ReadOasis Step 2 Eden felt the sunlight warm his face. He opened his eyes and took a deep breath of [...]

The Greatest Band of All Time

ReadOasis Step 3 February 9, 1964. "Hurry up!" shouted Mary as she turned on the TV. "It started already!" Just [...]

Beyond the Freezing Point (Ayako Miura)

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) It was much later that I finally learned what a dark age it was. It’s after [...]

Picasso and the Beatles

ReadOasis Step 4 The Spanish painter Picasso demonstrated remarkable artistic aptitude at a very young age. According to his mother, [...]

A Sentimental Imagination

ReadOasis Step 3 I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. Charles Dickens [...]

A Force for Good in Music

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) U2 in Concert It was a cool winter night in January 2002 in New York. The [...]

JK Rowling and Harry Potter (Step 2)

ReadOasis Step 2 After finishing university in 1983, JK Rowling was living in London. She worked for the human rights [...]

Drifting Cowboy: Hank Williams (Step 3)

By Maria SonoraReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) By MGM Records via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain) Hank would never make it to [...]

Awarding Excellence: The Pulitzer Prize

ReadOasis Step 3 The Color Purple The Pulitzer Prize The Color Purple is a book about a black woman named [...]

Paul Desmond and Take Five

ReadOasis Step 3By Maria Sonora “I would also like to thank my father, who discouraged me from playing the violin.” [...]