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What Only Musicians and Translators Know

What Only Musicians and Translators Know

Jessica Sequeira on Transforming Emotion into Music and Words

By Jessica Sequeira | July 20, 2022

Elisa Albert on Menstrual Cycles, the Music Industry, and the Myth of the Tortured Artist

Elisa Albert on Menstrual Cycles, the Music Industry, and the Myth of the Tortured Artist

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 14, 2022

1980s Glam French Rebellion: A Literary Playlist

1980s Glam French Rebellion: A Literary Playlist

By Valérie Perrin, Author of Three

By Valérie Perrin | July 5, 2022

Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

Exploring the Richard Brautigan Universe of Bubblegum Minimalism That Inspired Harry Styles

Matt Mitchell on the Inspiration Behind “Watermelon Sugar”

By Matt Mitchell | June 30, 2022

Why 1997 Was a Pivotal Year in the Life of George Michael

Why 1997 Was a Pivotal Year in the Life of George Michael

Princess Diana’s Death, Ellen, and the Fear of Coming Out

By James Gavin | June 29, 2022

Joni Mitchell and James Taylor: A Love Affair So Melodic That It Had to Be Transformed Into Fiction

Joni Mitchell and James Taylor: A Love Affair So Melodic That It Had to Be Transformed Into Fiction

Emma Brodie in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 29, 2022

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Mark Kyungsoo Bias on How Hip-Hop Influences His Poetry

By The Common | June 27, 2022

Listen to Volker Bertelmann’s Soundtrack of Emergence Magazine’s “Living with the Unknown”

By Emergence Magazine | June 27, 2022

Zakiya Dalila Harris on the Writing Soundtracks that Work

By Zakiya Dalila Harris | June 24, 2022

Brazilian Rhythms, Queer Longing, and Caio Fernando Abreu: A Literary Playlist

Brazilian Rhythms, Queer Longing, and Caio Fernando Abreu: A Literary Playlist

Bruna Dantas Lobato on the Music That Helps Her Translate

By Bruna Dantas Lobato | June 17, 2022

Kenny Loggins on How Buck Teeth Saved Him From Vietnam, and the Magic of a Great Audition

Kenny Loggins on How Buck Teeth Saved Him From Vietnam, and the Magic of a Great Audition

Getting Serious About a Career in Music While Avoiding the Draft

By Kenny Loggins with Jason Turbow | June 14, 2022

Why Writing an Autobiography Is More Like Recording an Album Than Making a Single

Why Writing an Autobiography Is More Like Recording an Album Than Making a Single

Nabil Ayers in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | June 14, 2022

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

How Jazz Fueled a Nationwide Dance Craze—and Made Its Way to Paris

Stuart Isacoff on the Music That Captured the Country

By Stuart Isacoff | June 8, 2022

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

In the Name of Love: How A Punk Rock God Snuck Into My Romance Novel

Seth Kaufman on the Origins of His Hero’s Name

By Seth Kaufman | June 3, 2022

Behind the Scenes of <em>Ready to Die</em>: An Excerpt from <Em>It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him</em>

Behind the Scenes of Ready to Die: An Excerpt from It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him

Justin Tinsley on the Creation of an Iconic Album

By Justin Tinsley | May 20, 2022

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

Emily Bingham on the Material Culture of White America’s Song to Itself: “My Old Kentucky Home”

“It was from the outset a blackface minstrel tune, entertainment built on slavery and the trade in human beings.”

By Emily Bingham | May 16, 2022

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