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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

By Steve Almond | October 31, 2017

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

David Yaffe on Trying to Keep Up with an Icon

By David Yaffe | October 18, 2017

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

By Emily Yahr | September 13, 2017

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

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9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

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A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff | July 19, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Beloved

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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

Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend

Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend

Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the Taming of the Freak

By John Corbett | June 13, 2017

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

Playlist for a Classic Novel: Lolita

10 Songs for Vladimir Nabokov's Brilliant Study of Obsession

By Emily Temple | May 31, 2017

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

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

The Story of an American Classic, "The Dock of the Bay"

By Jonathan Gould | May 31, 2017

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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

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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

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