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How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

How David Bowie Made Life Less Suffocating for Young Queer People

"He Was Like a Gift from the Gods"

By Darryl W. Bullock | November 28, 2017

<em>The Autobiography of Gucci Mane</em> Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

The Autobiography of Gucci Mane Sets a New High for the Celebrity Memoir

So Why isn't the Literary World Paying Attention?

By Katie Fustich | November 8, 2017

10 Songs for Franz Kafka's <em>The Trial</em>

10 Songs for Franz Kafka's The Trial

Playlist for a Bureaucratic Nightmare!

By Emily Temple | November 3, 2017

On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett May be the World's Biggest Horror Fan

By Steve Almond | October 31, 2017

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

My 12-Hour Lunch Date with Joni Mitchell

David Yaffe on Trying to Keep Up with an Icon

By David Yaffe | October 18, 2017

10 Songs for J.G. Ballard's Post-Apocalyptic Vision of a Future London

10 Songs for J.G. Ballard's Post-Apocalyptic Vision of a Future London

Playlist for a Classic Novel: The Drowned World

By Emily Temple | September 27, 2017

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How Patti Smith Brought Rock 'n' Roll to New York Poetry

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9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

9 Classic Country Songs and the Books They Pair With

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A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

A Great Musical Migration: How the Blues Headed North

On 1920s Broadway, Shuffle Along, and Northern Blues

By Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff | July 19, 2017

Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>Beloved</em>

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8 Songs for Toni Morrison's Masterpiece

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Remembering Prodigy, a Fiercely Independent Artist

Remembering Prodigy, a Fiercely Independent Artist

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Rescuing the Treasures of a Dead Jazz Legend

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Playlist for a Classic Novel: <em>Lolita</em>

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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

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