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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

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

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You Gotta See Bruce Live; Then You'll Understand

By Carter Alan | April 10, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: To the Lighthouse

By Emily Temple | March 31, 2017

How I Came to the Church of Rock and Roll

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

On Falling Out of Love with Punk (and in Love with Books)

On Falling Out of Love with Punk (and in Love with Books)

Mariah Stovall Definitely Prefers Alice Munro's Earlier Albums

By Mariah Stovall | January 27, 2017

An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

An Incomplete List of Virginia Woolf Puns in Pop Culture

On the 135th anniversary of her birth

By Emily Temple | January 25, 2017

Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

Three Unpublished Poems by Johnny Cash That Should Be Songs

Three Chords, a Melody, and Away We Go

By Johnny Cash | November 15, 2016

Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Cohen Dies, Trump Wins, and We Will Sing About These Dark Times

Summer Brennan Discovers Solidarity Amid Despair

By Summer Brennan | November 14, 2016

The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

The Words and Work of Leonard Cohen

A Great Poet of the 20th Century is Dead

By Emily Temple | November 11, 2016

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