Ensemble La Morra’s exploration of late-medieval French songs from a Cyprian manuscript, and a new release by Le Jardin Secret entitled Musique pour Mazarin!

On this edition of The Poets Weave, Heather Derr-Smith reads from her new book The Bride Minaret the poems "One Season from Another," "Evening, Mount Vernon, Iowa" and "Ash-Sham."

No two gardens will ever be exactly the same, but neither will any two days or even two hours be identical in the same garden. The light and the wind changes, insects fly, birds pause and hover and the landscape changes before our eyes.

An introduction to the Norwegian ensemble Bergen Barokk, including two recent releases of Telemann cantatas and a world-premiere recording of music by Bertouch.

Vincent Tianquan Mo is Chairman of the Board and CEO of SouFun Holdings Limited, a company he founded in 1999.

The French trio Amarillis and their recent box set, "Europe Baroque," and a new release of music by Johann Christoph Pez with Les Muffatti.

Debra Kang Dean reads her poems "Adam's Apple," "Medicine Ball," "Antennas," and an excerpt from "Traces" on this edition of The Poets Weave.

As I have mentioned before, I do more drifting around and less actual work in the garden in July. I do, however, keep after the Japanese beetles that appear like clockwork in July and stay about a month. These iridescent beetles love roses, hollyhocks, crepe myrtle and hibiscus especially, and I dislike them with a passion for ruining my flowers.

Writer Jessica Valenti is founder of the blog Feministing.com. She is a three-time author, and her writing has appeared in Ms., The Guardian, and Bitch.

An exploration of the first printed music for the lute, Francesco Spinacino’s "Intabulatura de lauto" of 1507... plus a new release of music by Georg Muffat.