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Letter From St. Paul: On the Complex Flavors of Black Joy

Letter From St. Paul: On the Complex Flavors of Black Joy

Michael Kleber-Diggs Listens to Big Boi and Dances Through Grief

By Michael Kleber-Diggs | August 11, 2020

Frédéric Chopin in Exile: The Making of a Romantic

Frédéric Chopin in Exile: The Making of a Romantic

How Poland's November Uprising Inspired the Composers Best-Known Music

By Annik LaFarge | August 11, 2020

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Learning to Write From Willie Nelson and One of the Greatest Albums of the 1970s

Odie Lindsey on POV Shifts and Moral Dilemmas on
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By Odie Lindsey | August 5, 2020

WATCH: Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell on Writing Advice, Favorite Teachers (and a Song or Two)

WATCH: Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell on Writing Advice, Favorite Teachers (and a Song or Two)

Two of America's Great Singer-Songwriters Kick Off the Mighty SONG Writers Video Series

By Literary Hub | July 29, 2020

The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

Anthony Rudel on Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's Adaptation of Cry, the Beloved Country

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How I Cured My Writer's Block With Techno

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Stan Parish on the Long Nights That Help Him Work

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How Children's Books Can Help Parents Talk About Race

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The Magnetic Fields have a new album and it's inspired by the microfictions of Lydia Davis?

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The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

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On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

On Didion, The Dead, and the Dawn of a California Arts Revolution

Jim Newton Looks Back at the Early 1960s and a Cultural Moment That Would Shape America

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Haruki Murakami is going to DJ a special “Stay-Home” radio show for his fellow recluses.

Haruki Murakami is going to DJ a special “Stay-Home” radio show for his fellow recluses.

By Jonny Diamond | May 12, 2020

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