Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Tyehimba Jess on Excavating Popular Music Through Poetry

Exploring the Sustenance of Song and Historical Clapbacks

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On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead's

On the $50K Acid Trip That Inspired the Grateful Dead's "Black Peter"

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How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

How Billy Joel Taught Me To Write

Benjamin Wood Offers a Thoughtful and Irony-Free Appreciation of the Piano Man

By Benjamin Wood | May 2, 2016

Ten More Musicians Who Could Be Novelists

Ten More Musicians Who Could Be Novelists

Lisa Lucas Responds to Bob Boilen's Take on Artists Who'd Write Great Books

By Lisa Lucas | April 28, 2016

Paging Dr. Freud: Prince Cracked Something Open in Me

Paging Dr. Freud: Prince Cracked Something Open in Me

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Who Can Resist Ecstasy?: Mourning Prince in San Francisco

Who Can Resist Ecstasy?: Mourning Prince in San Francisco

Among a Dancing Crowd, Oscar Villalon Remembers Sneaking Into Purple Rain

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