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

Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Lover

10 Songs for Marguerite Duras's Masterpiece

By Emily Temple | September 7, 2017

How Patti Smith Brought Rock 'n' Roll to New York Poetry

How Patti Smith Brought Rock 'n' Roll to New York Poetry

The Arty Rimbaud in a Spotlight

By Daniel Kane | July 24, 2017

9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

From Dolly Parton to Doestoevsky

By Sarah Creech | July 21, 2017

A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

On 1920s Broadway, Shuffle Along, and Northern Blues

By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff | July 19, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>Beloved</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Beloved

8 Songs for Toni Morrison's Masterpiece

By Emily Temple | June 29, 2017

Remembering Prodigy, a Fiercely Independent Artist

Remembering Prodigy, a Fiercely Independent Artist

Ibrahim Ahmad on Collaborating with a Hip-Hop Great

By Ibrahim Ahmad | June 22, 2017

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Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend

By John Corbett | June 13, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Lolita

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2017

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

By Jonathan Gould | May 31, 2017

Classic Jessica Hopper:

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

One of America's Great Rock Critics on a Half-Century of Sexist Rock n' Roll

By Jessica Hopper | May 22, 2017

Prince's Death Brought Snowfall in April

Prince's Death Brought Snowfall in April

Ben Greenman Remembers the Sadness, the Aftermath, and the Endless Tributes

By Ben Greenman | April 21, 2017

You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You'll Understand

You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You'll Understand

On Meeting the Boss in 1984

By Carter Alan | April 10, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>To the Lighthouse</em>

Playlist for a Classic Novel: To the Lighthouse

10 songs for Virginia Woolf's classic (the First in a Series)

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2017

How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

Darcey Steinke on Finding Faith in America’s Great Religion

By Darcey Steinke | March 10, 2017

Dusty Springfield, Reluctant Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

Dusty Springfield, Reluctant Queen of Blue-Eyed Soul

On 'Son of a Preacher Man', an Aretha Franklin Track without Aretha Franklin

By Jack Hamilton | March 3, 2017

Field Recordings from the Inside

Field Recordings from the Inside

Joe Bonomo

By Lit Hub Excerpts | February 22, 2017

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