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Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Reading Korean Poetry Through Music

Poets and Translators Pair Eight Recent Korean Poetry Collections in Translation with Korean Music

By Yoo Heekyung and Stine An | June 12, 2026

Seven modern novels that would make excellent musicals.

Seven modern novels that would make excellent musicals.

By Brittany Allen | June 10, 2026

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

America’s First War on Drugs Was Also a War on Jazz

Lisa E. Davis on the Historical Anti-Black Crusade of Law Enforcement and the White Cultural Establishment

By Lisa E. Davis | May 22, 2026

How <em>This is Your Brain on Music</em> Transformed Neuroscience

How This is Your Brain on Music Transformed Neuroscience

Elizabeth Margulis on the Importance of a Seminal Work of Popular Science on the Field of Music Cognition

By Elizabeth Margulis | May 20, 2026

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

What’s with all the nostalgia for Obama-era New York?

Why the 2000s are dominating books, music, and movies today.

By Brittany Allen | May 11, 2026

Thinking Inside the Box: How Constraints Can Make Us More Creative

Thinking Inside the Box: How Constraints Can Make Us More Creative

“Constraints shut down many possibilities, but stimulate more varied and novel exploration of those that remain.”

By David Epstein | May 6, 2026

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