The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
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Rewriting A Symphony In Stone
Summer Brennan considers the art and ritual of reinvention in the history of Notre Dame cathedral, and its witness to a Parisian millennium.
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Outkast’s ‘Aquemini,’ The Blueprint of the Southern Black Renaissance, Turns 20
“Aquemini, celebrating its 20th anniversary, is a blessing of an album that stands tall among the best bodies of work music has ever seen. It rests at the pinnacle of creativity, execution and emotion.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Riding the Highs and Lows with My Mom
On a night out in the Hollywood hills, Valentina Valentini’s lifelong role-reversal with her mother becomes upended.
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The Danger of Desire
Faylita Hicks considers what it means to be a Black nonbinary activist in the age of Trump — and questions how the social justice movement has changed the way they have sex.
Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Nonfiction, Story
Remembering Singer Nancy Wilson
The influential singer’s voice cut across genres and decades, and it will continue to.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Making a Pilgrimage Along Prince’s Purple Trail
Traveling around Minneapolis, visiting the locations where Prince used to live.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Tearing the Heart from the Music Industry
Digitization has removed the humanity from the music business, from collaboration to mutual respect.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Culture, Current Events, Reading List
Toni Morrison, 1931-2019
An elegy and reading list for Toni Morrison, the Nobel Laureate and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who died Monday, August 5, 2019.
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“I know I believe in the power of lining up little hopes”
At Oxford American, Michael Graff remembers his dad, Carl.
