The couple who saved an imprisoned artist’s life — and the extraordinary gift he gave in return.
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In Praise of Del Amitri’s Album Waking Hours
Some albums make it hard to separate the music from the experience of listening to it.
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The Story of Salvador’s Banda Didá
In a country with violent history and violent politics, Brazil’s first all-female, Afro-Brazilian percussion group drums and dances and changes lives.
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Curation: The Best Reading, Hand-Picked, For You
Great writing moves us. It makes us feel good. It fills us with potential. Doesn’t everyone want to feel good and optimistic? Is this a mission you can get behind?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized
Violence Girl
How a young bilingual Latina became one of punk’s enduring icons and helped create a new musical universe.
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The Mysterious Case of Mr. X
For eight years, a man with amnesia lived at a hospital in Mississippi. Who was he — and why had no one come looking for him?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Searching Sephora for an Antidote to Aging — and Grief
Five years after her mother’s death, while still grieving and suddenly middle-aged, Abby Mims turns to beauty products to cure what ails her.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
Elizabeth Wurtzel Made it Okay to Write ‘Ouch’
Today’s memoirists and personal essay writers owe a debt of gratitude to the Prozac Nation author for rewriting an inhibiting rule.
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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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Workshopping Workshop: A Reading List
“In workshop, what, if anything, can be written on a syllabus or spoken aloud in class to ensure that each and every participant’s work is read with care?”
