The co-authors of ‘Country Music USA’ – a revised edition of the genre’s definitive history – talk about the music’s African-American tributaries, its unpredictable politics, country radio’s woman problem, and working on Ken Burns’ forthcoming doc.
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Farming A Warming Planet: An Interview Nathanael Johnson
How California farmers are planning ahead for climate change while balancing their immediate economic concerns.
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A Person Alone: Leaning Out with Ottessa Moshfegh
Leaning in doesn’t work in real life. When I was writing, I kind of hoped that it would. I think I hoped that the answers are always within me. And when I reached the end of the book, it was like: there are no answers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
Every One of Us Is Other: Looking Back on Representation in “Heavenly Creatures” 25 Years Later
Alex DiFrancesco reflects on Peter Jackson’s nuanced approach to representation in the critically acclaimed film.
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This Week In Books: I Bought Some Books
Am I ghoul for buying all these plague books?
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Close Look at the Thing We Call ‘Celebrity’
Why do we care about famous people?
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Carvell Wallace on ‘Moonlight’ Writer Tarell Alvin McCarney’s Next Acts
Tarell Alvin McCarney’s Broadway debbut,, “Choir Boy,” is a tender coming of age story about a queer Black boy at a prestigious boarding school.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Angella d’Avignon, Katie Englehart, Caitlin Dewey, Eric Benson, Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom.Â
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Greenland’s Deepening Ecological Grief
“We no longer understand it here. We don’t trust it.”
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Your Best Work Comes from Scaring Yourself
Essayist Chelsea Hodson had to give herself permission to be uncomfortable.
