• Music

    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Valerie June Needs Her Songs—and Her Life—to Have Soul

    By Literary Hub  September 2, 2020
    Classical Music

    Meeting Beethoven at an Italian Restaurant on the Upper
    West Side

    By Patricia Morrisroe  September 2, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    Devon Gilfillian Wants You to Write For You

    By Literary Hub  August 26, 2020
    Music

    The Fandom of the Teenage Girl Deserves More Respect

    By Hannah Ewens  August 20, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Phil Augusta Jackson Wants You to Get Out of
    Your Head

    By Literary Hub  August 19, 2020
    Pop Culture

    The Intentional Visual Chaos of Beyoncé and Jay-Z in the Louvre

    By Alexis L. Boylan  August 14, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Jewel on Battling Anxiety, Living with Dyslexia and Finding Solace in Philosophy

    By Literary Hub  August 12, 2020
    Black Arts

    Are We in the Middle of a Black Art Renaissance?

    By Patrick A. Howell and Mavin L. Mills  August 12, 2020
    Letters Home

    Letter From St. Paul: On the Complex Flavors of Black Joy

    By Michael Kleber-Diggs  August 11, 2020
    Classical Music

    Frédéric Chopin in Exile: The Making of a Romantic

    By Annik LaFarge  August 11, 2020
    Music

    Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

    By Odie Lindsey  August 5, 2020
    Mighty SONG Writers

    WATCH: Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell on Writing Advice, Favorite Teachers (and a Song or Two)

    By Literary Hub  July 29, 2020
    Theater

    The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

    By Anthony Rudel  July 27, 2020
    Writer's block

    How I Cured My Writer’s Block With Techno

    By Stan Parish  July 21, 2020
    Musicians

    All I want for Christmas is Mariah Carey’s memoir.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 9, 2020
    Musicians

    The late John Prine is the first honorary poet laureate of Illinois.

    By Aaron Robertson  July 1, 2020
    Black Lives Matter

    A Brief History of the Policing
    of Black Music

    By Harmony Holiday  June 19, 2020
    Musicians

    There are ballads, spiritual quests, and other treasures in Nick Cave’s favorite books.

    By Aaron Robertson  June 15, 2020
    Children's Literature

    How Children’s Books Can Help Parents Talk About Race

    By Rachel Moss  June 12, 2020
    Music

    Freddie Mercury Was a Total Opera Fanboy

    By Alfonso Casas  June 4, 2020
    The Hub

    The Magnetic Fields have a new album and it’s inspired by the microfictions of Lydia Davis?

    By Jonny Diamond  May 19, 2020
    Jazz

    The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

    By Literary Hub  May 19, 2020
    California

    On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

    By Jim Newton  May 14, 2020
    Life in a Pandemic

    Haruki Murakami is going to DJ a special “Stay-Home” radio show for his fellow recluses.

    By Jonny Diamond  May 12, 2020
    Failure

    What Pop Stars Can Teach Writers About Failure

    By Jennifer Keishin Armstrong  May 6, 2020
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