• Music

    Excerpts

    How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

    By Simon Callow  February 7, 2018
    Feature

    11 Pop Songs for Literary People

    By Emily Temple  January 26, 2018
    Essay

    In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

    By Veronica Esposito  January 22, 2018
    Feature

    10 Songs for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

    By Emily Temple  December 28, 2017
    Excerpts

    How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

    By Darryl W. Bullock  November 28, 2017
    Feature

    The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

    By Katie Fustich  November 8, 2017
    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
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