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Are We in the Middle of a Black Art Renaissance?

Are We in the Middle of a Black Art Renaissance?

A Spiritual Manifesto for the Global International African Arts Movement

By Patrick A. Howell and Mavin L. Mills | August 12, 2020

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

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

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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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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

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The Newly Resonant Lessons of an Unlikely Broadway Musical

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

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A Brief History of the Policing<br> of Black Music

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The Enduring Impact of Jazz on American Film

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

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