• Music

    Feature

    10 Songs for Franz Kafka’s The Trial

    By Emily Temple  November 3, 2017
    Essay

    On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

    By Steve Almond  October 31, 2017
    Biography

    My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

    By David Yaffe  October 18, 2017
    Music

    10 Songs for J.G. Ballard’s Post-Apocalyptic Vision of a Future London

    By Emily Temple  September 27, 2017
    Personal Essay

    How Shania Twain Made Me a Writer

    By Emily Yahr  September 13, 2017
    Music

    Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Lover

    By Emily Temple  September 7, 2017
    Poets

    How Patti Smith Brought Rock ‘n’ Roll to New York Poetry

    By Daniel Kane  July 24, 2017
    What to Read

    9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

    By Sarah Creech  July 21, 2017
    History

    A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

    By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff  July 19, 2017
    Music

    Playlist for a Classic Novel: Beloved

    By Emily Temple  June 29, 2017
    In Memoriam

    Remembering Prodigy, a Fiercely Independent Artist

    By Ibrahim Ahmad  June 22, 2017
    Excerpts

    Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend

    By John Corbett  June 13, 2017
    Music

    Playlist for a Classic Novel: Lolita

    By Emily Temple  May 31, 2017
    History

    Otis Redding Records an All-Time Great Song a Month Before His Death

    By Jonathan Gould  May 31, 2017
    Excerpts

    Classic Jessica Hopper: “Emo Comes Off Like Rimbaud at the Food Court”

    By Jessica Hopper  May 22, 2017
    Excerpts

    Prince’s Death Brought Snowfall in April

    By Ben Greenman  April 21, 2017
    Excerpts

    You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You’ll Understand

    By Carter Alan  April 10, 2017
    Feature

    Playlist for a Classic Novel: To the Lighthouse

    By Emily Temple  March 31, 2017
    Personal Essay

    How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

    By Darcey Steinke  March 10, 2017
    Deep Dive

    Dusty Springfield, Reluctant Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

    By Jack Hamilton  March 3, 2017
    Excerpts

    Field Recordings from the Inside

    By Lit Hub Excerpts  February 22, 2017
    Personal Essay

    On Falling Out of Love with Punk (and in Love with Books)

    By Mariah Stovall  January 27, 2017
    Feature

    An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

    By Emily Temple  January 25, 2017
    Excerpts

    Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

    By Johnny Cash  November 15, 2016
    Essay

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

    By Summer Brennan  November 14, 2016
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