Understanding what the rapper means to her audience, beyond the flash of celebrity.
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The New Old Sound of Motor City
How Detroit techno was born — and continued to thrive — amid financial and social strife.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women
This (Wo)Man’s Work
When men devalue the labor of women like Andrea Arnold and overvalue the work of even problematic men, it’s a triple whammy that diminishes the individual woman, women in general, and the overall quality of culture.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing
On the Contentious Borders of the American South
Zandria F. Robinson narrates her coming of age Memphis while examining contemporary southernness.
Posted inBooks, Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Walking Across California
To understand what the Golden State is compared to what it was, one solitary hiker follows the trail of the first overland Spanish expedition into California 250 years later.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Little Book That Lost Its Author
How will artificial intelligence change literature?
Posted inCommentary, Culture, Current Events, Reading List
A Reading List for Reconsidering the Fourth of July
How should we think about the Fourth of July given the current circumstances?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
B is for Bastard
As a boy, after the trauma of learning he is not his father’s biological son, Brian Gresko finds his sense of himself is shattered.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Reflections of a Lifelong Metalhead
One aging Sabbath fan assesses the power and necessity of loud, dark music.
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How Joan Didion Became Joan Didion
Joan Didion didn’t shy away from criticizing everything and everyone from The Sound of Music and J.D. Salinger, and she did it with flair and a voice all her own.
