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Warren Ellis on Mementos of the Music World

Warren Ellis on Mementos of the Music World

This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

By Big Table | February 7, 2022

Why Whitney Houston’s Rendition of the National Anthem Still Matters

Why Whitney Houston’s Rendition of the National Anthem Still Matters

Gerrick Kennedy on Houston’s Legendary 1991 Performance

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God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf

God of Teenage Appetites: On the Undeniable Allure of Meat Loaf

Summer Brennan Revisits the Genius of “I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That)”

By Summer Brennan | January 24, 2022

How <em>Paris is Burning</em> Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

How Paris is Burning Left an Indelible Mark on Pop Culture

Ricky Tucker on the Magic of Queer Blackness

By Ricky Tucker | January 24, 2022

Suzanne Ciani on the Advantages of Analog Over Digital

Suzanne Ciani on the Advantages of Analog Over Digital

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | January 13, 2022

On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

On the Many Miracles of Aretha Franklin

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The Beatles: On the Break-Up and Their Narrative Power

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When New Journalism Was New: Gay Talese on His Legendary Esquire Profile of Frank Sinatra

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The Politics of Empathy: On the Life and Music of Johnny Cash

The Politics of Empathy: On the Life and Music of Johnny Cash

Michael Stewart Foley Looks at the Man in Black’s Engagement with Social and Cultural Issues

By Michael Stewart Foley | December 21, 2021

To Write a Revolution on the Sky: On the Radical Legacy of Curtis Mayfield

To Write a Revolution on the Sky: On the Radical Legacy of Curtis Mayfield

Ayana Contreras Considers How the Soul Legend’s Sound Is Still Relevant Today

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Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Afrodisiac: A Textual Meditation on Greg Tate

Michael A. Gonzales Remembers His Dear Friend and Mentor

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On Opera’s Indisputable Rules of Gravity

On Opera’s Indisputable Rules of Gravity

Matthew Aucoin Considers the Constraints and Liberation of an Art Form

By Matthew Aucoin | December 9, 2021

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

Joe Ollmann Talks to Graphic Novelist Philippe Girard

By Literary Hub | December 6, 2021

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

New and Noteworthy Nonfiction You Should Read This December

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Red Alert: This library made a Taylor Swift display.

Red Alert: This library made a Taylor Swift display.

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