Ray Levy Uyeda

Ray Levy Uyeda is a writer and reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

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The poem 'Snow' is a prayer to weather life's storms together

Contradiction, infinity, divinity live in 'A Green Crab's Shell'

After the shock of winter, an instinct to survive

Joy Harjo's poem 'Redbird Love' teaches us to watch closely, see clearly

1972 album celebrates The Rolling Stones' enduring rock music rebellion

I'm held in this song: 'Heart of Gold'

Lou Reed's 'Transformer' is where the wild is

Nick Drake's songs reflect his desperate appeals to be heard

As climate tipping points loom, finding hope in the gray whale's comeback

On Janis Joplin's 'Pearl,' hear someone who is deeply alive

Joni Mitchell's 'For the Roses' is the perfect balance of love and breaking up

The messages of Ziggy Stardust: Do not believe in endings

50 years later, Eagles fans embrace the romance of the road

While Al Green was looking to get to God, he became a star

50 years later, Aretha Franklin's 'Young, Gifted and Black' teaches love awakens the soul

On John Prine, quiet rebellion and the power of storytelling

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