“I didn’t know at first what I was doing. I was just trying to represent the inside of the feeling.”
Arts & Culture
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The Beautiful Incompleteness of Dusk
“Darkness obscures and sunlight reveals, but dusk—that liminal moment in between—murmurs suggestions.”
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Find Yourself
From way back in ’80s Philadelphia, Elizabeth Isadora Gold remembers her first writing teacher, the mail art artist/lyricist Stu Horn.
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Shelved: Pink Floyd’s Household Objects
On Syd Barrett’s time with Pink Floyd and making an album with household objects and found sounds.
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A Lover’s Blues: The Unforgettable Voice of Margie Hendrix
Remembering the woman who outsang Ray Charles.
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How to Learn Everything: The MasterClass Diaries
A professor embarks on a six-month binge of celebrity-led online courses.
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The Endgame of the Olympics
What if the Olympic Games never come back?
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The Proving Grounds: Charley Crockett and the Story of Deep Ellum
Generations of musicians got their start busking the streets of the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. After a decade of ‘hobo-ing’ around cities like New Orleans, Paris, and New York, Charley Crockett discovered it was his turn.
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‘The Sea and Sky Decide What They Will Allow’
“I’m working on a book about Arctic explorers, and that means swimming in a sea of sorrow.”
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Cryin’, Dyin’, or Goin’ Somewhere: A Country Music Reading List
Although the sound of the music has changed, country’s themes have endured.