How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
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The Teen Idol Vanishes
Luke Perry’s untimely death reminds us that Dylan McKay was one of the last icons of adolescence.
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Remembering Scott Walker
When the pop singer went avant garde, he traded narrative meaning for emotional truth to explore those things that lay beyond language.
Posted inNonfiction
The Enduring Myth of a Lost Live Iggy and the Stooges Album
In 1973, Columbia Records professionally recorded the infamous band for a planned concert record. Columbia never released it. Maybe they never recorded it.
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“This Halloween is Something to Be Sure”: An Examination of Lou Reed’s New York
New York might be Lou Reed’s most politically active album, especially on tracks like “Halloween Parade,” which functions both as a dirge and call-to-action confronting societal torpidity.
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Punk Poet Eileen Myles on Combating Trump, Capitalism With Art
A profile of punk poet Eileen Myles, who has a new memoir out, Afterglow, and whose first autobiographical novel, Cool for You, has recently been re-released with an introduction by I Love Dick author Chris Kraus. Myles (who prefers gender-neutral pronouns) has been publishing since the 70s, but has lately been experiencing a new wave […]
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The New Old Hollywood
The Hollywood establishment used to be dominated by old white men, but that’s changing fast.
Posted inNonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Eileen Myles: There’s No Escaping History
The poet and one-time presidential candidate isn’t the least bit surprised by the state of our union.
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Looking for Carolina Maria de Jesus
For a brief period in the 1960s, the Afro-Brazilian author of the memoir “Child of the Dark” was one of the most well-known writers in the world.
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The Fault in Our Stars: On Fake Celebrity Interviews
Fake celebrity interviews have been around for years, but Germany has seemingly become one of the largest exporters.
