Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Plot Is Just Music You Sing In Your Mind: How Popular Rock Songs Can Help Shape Your Novel

Katie Crouch on Structure, Character Development, and the Band CAKE

By Katie Crouch | July 14, 2021

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

Mary Gauthier on Songwriting as a Form of Healing

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | July 14, 2021

Watch Jack Antonoff perform a song he wrote with Zadie Smith.

Watch Jack Antonoff perform a song he wrote with Zadie Smith.

By Walker Caplan | July 13, 2021

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Summers of Discovery: Adventures in Greece with Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen

Judy Scott on the Intensity of Found Families

By Judy Scott | July 8, 2021

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

Jessica Hopper on Rock, Rapture, and What Artists Do that Mortals Cannot

“These records give me a language to decipher just how fucked I am.”

By Jessica Hopper | July 7, 2021

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in <em>Purple Rain</em>

Eula Biss on the Wild Machismo of Prince in Purple Rain

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

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Richard Sanger on the Surprises and Banalities Hidden in “Pitman” Notations

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Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

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Sound Designer Arman Naféei on His Unique Role as “Directeur D’Ambiance”

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You should be listening to John Murry, the moody musician who just happens to be Faulkner's cousin.

You should be listening to John Murry, the moody musician who just happens to be Faulkner's cousin.

By Emily Temple | June 22, 2021

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