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Seeking the Sublime in Sonic Youth

Seeking the Sublime in Sonic Youth

How Their Iconic Sound Brings Us to the Edge of Our Own Mortality

By Zachary Pace | April 25, 2018

When Kathy Acker Interviewed the Spice Girls

When Kathy Acker Interviewed the Spice Girls

"Money makes the world what it is today . . . a world infested with evil."

By Emily Temple | April 18, 2018

Music and My Father

Music and My Father

Gabrielle Bellot on Growing Up Between the Silence and the Sound

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 10, 2018

Down and Out with Warren Zevon in LA

Down and Out with Warren Zevon in LA

One of the Greatest Singer-Songwriters in America Almost Wasn’t

By Joseph Knox | March 19, 2018

How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

How Wagner Tried to Revolutionize Art and End Capitalism

Simon Callow on a Great Composer Getting Political

By Simon Callow | February 7, 2018

11 Pop Songs for Literary People

11 Pop Songs for Literary People

Read, Eat, Sleep

By Emily Temple | January 26, 2018

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In California, Visions of Defiance and Grace

By Veronica Esposito | January 22, 2018

10 Songs for Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

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<em>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane</em> Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

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

So Why isn't the Literary World Paying Attention?

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10 Songs for Franz Kafka's <em>The Trial</em>

10 Songs for Franz Kafka's The Trial

Playlist for a Bureaucratic Nightmare!

By Emily Temple | November 3, 2017

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

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

Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett May be the World's Biggest Horror Fan

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My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

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David Yaffe on Trying to Keep Up with an Icon

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

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

Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Drowned World

By Emily Temple | September 27, 2017

How Shania Twain Made Me a Writer

How Shania Twain Made Me a Writer

On Country Music, Storytelling, and an Influential Middle School Essay

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Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>The Lover</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Lover

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