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“Is It All Over My Face?” The Story Behind Arthur Russell’s “Amazingly Explicit” Dancefloor Classic
Lucy Sante, Tom Lee, and More Remember the Song’s Genesis
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Richard King
| June 4, 2024
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Ed Simon
| May 24, 2024
A bunch of fake Kathleen Hanna biographies were released on the same day as her new memoir.
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Brittany Allen
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How Black Female Jazz Performers Confronted a Racist and Misogynistic World
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Larry Tye
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Gillian Dooley on the Importance of Music for the British Novelist’s Literary Development
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Gillian Dooley
| April 29, 2024
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Dr. Todd Boyd
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The Show Must Go On: On Billie Holiday’s Last Live Performance
Paul Alexander Chronicles the Final Months of America’s Queen of Jazz
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Paul Alexander
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Literary Loops: Mariah Stovall on the Role of Repetition in Music and Fiction
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Bestsellers to Blockbusters: Stephen King Reflects on the Adaptations of His Work
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Stephen King
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