• Music

    Essay

    Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

    By Summer Brennan  November 14, 2016
    In Memoriam

    The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

    By Emily Temple  November 11, 2016
    Essay

    Leonard Cohen at the End of the World

    By Erin Somers  November 11, 2016
    Conversations

    Interview with a Gatekeeper: Wave Books’ Matthew Zapruder

    By Kerri Arsenault  November 10, 2016
    Conversations

    Patti Smith on How She Writes a Song

    By Paul Zollo  November 8, 2016
    Excerpts

    A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  October 21, 2016
    Excerpts

    The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Psychocandy

    By Bianca Flores  October 19, 2016
    Feature

    On the Poetic Brilliance of Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind

    By Rosie Schaap  October 14, 2016
    Excerpts

    On Bob Dylan’s Literary Influences

    By Mark Polizzotti  October 14, 2016
    Essay

    How I Came to Love Bob Dylan

    By Patrick Ryan  October 14, 2016
    Essay

    What Bob Dylan Learned From Soul

    By Lawrence Joseph  October 14, 2016
    Biography

    So Who Exactly is Bob Dylan, Newly Crowned Nobel Laureate?

    By Lisa Levy  October 13, 2016
    Excerpts

    By Us, For Us: On New Orleans Bounce

    By Garnette Cadogan  October 12, 2016
    Feature

    If Bruce Springsteen Wrote a Short Story Collection…

    By Literary Hub  September 27, 2016
    Excerpts

    When the Beatles Played Memphis,50 Years Ago Today

    By Jon Savage  August 19, 2016
    Feature

    Jay-Z and Morrissey, Masters of the Music Memoir

    By Edward White  July 27, 2016
    Feature

    Stephen King: On the Origin of Scott Landon’s Driving Music

    By Stephen King  June 29, 2016
    Essay

    John Berger Tells a Fish Story (and More)

    By John Berger  June 28, 2016
    Essay

    They Found a Meth Lab in Cole Porter’s Childhood Home

    By Cathy Day  June 9, 2016
    Excerpts

    John Darnielle on Beloved Chicago Music Venue, The Empty Bottle

    By John Darnielle  June 1, 2016
    Essay

    The Literary Genius of Kendrick Lamar

    By Mensah Demary  May 27, 2016
    Conversations

    Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

    By Adam Fitzgerald  May 5, 2016
    Excerpts

    On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead’s “Black Peter”

    By Buzz Poole  May 5, 2016
    Essay

    How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

    By Benjamin Wood  May 2, 2016
    Music

    Ten More Musicians Who Could Be Novelists

    By Lisa Lucas  April 28, 2016
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