Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

Dear Jimi Hendrix: A Letter, in Gratitude, From Jeffery Renard Allen

“Know that I carry you everywhere, that you more than anyone on this planet have shaped me as a writer.”

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From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

From Bowie to Baseball to Bitcoin: Ten Nonfiction Books to Check Out in March

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Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

Paul Lisicky on Joni Mitchell, Anti-Memoirs, and How Songwriting Influences His Nonfiction

The Author of “Song So Wild and Blue” in Conversation with Emma Copley Eisenberg

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How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

How Little Richard Brought Black and Queer Culture to American Airwaves

Jon Savage on the Emergence of a New and Revolutionary Form of Rock and Roll in the 1950s

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From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

David Hajdu Explores the Creative and Technical Evolution of a Versatile Electric Instrument

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A Musical Divorce: How Money Problems and a Bad Manager Tore the Beatles Apart

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Contemporary Poets Respond (in Verse) to Taylor Swift

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How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

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Richard Schoch on “Sunday in the Park with George” and the Intersection of Visual Art and Musical Theater

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How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

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Peter Ames Carlin on the R.E.M. Frontman’s Days Studying Painting, Drawing and Photography at the University of Georgia

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Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan accidentally visited the world's largest publishing trade fair.

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On the enduring popularity—and appropriation—of Leonard Cohen's

On the enduring popularity—and appropriation—of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah."

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How American Jews Created a Place For Themselves in Show Business

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Richard Bernstein on the Early Years of Mass Entertainment in the United States

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How Chinese and Italian Opera Helped Her Write and Grieve

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Liu Hong on Navigating Tragedy in Art and Life

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