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Gillian Dooley on the Importance of Music for the British Novelist’s Literary Development

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“Pale Fire” (Tavi’s Version): Notes on Taylor Swift and the Literature of Obsessive Fandom

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Leigh Stein Considers Tavi Gevinson’s New Zine, “Fan Fiction”

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How Deregulation Destroyed Indie Rock Across America

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Tom Maxwell on the Corporate Capture of Regional Radio Stations

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