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Max Gray
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
On this warm weekend we are favored with a cool breath of fresh air from the likes of Matthew Lippman, via Michael Klein’s review of Lippman’s poetry collection, American Chew. Poems like these are refreshing in their honesty and bewitching…
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Song of the Day: “Smokestack Lightning”
Howlin’ Wolf is the moniker of Chester Arthur Burnett, the legendary blues artist whose voice gave him his name. But the 6 foot 3, 270 lb. Burnett may have just as easily earned his reputation from the feral spirit animating…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Cliches are something every writer has to deal with at some point. This weekend, Steve Edwards acknowledges the cliché and comes to something of a reckoning. Edwards declares: That’s how the heart works—it doesn’t give a shit about what it’s…
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Song of the Day: “Unfuck the World”
The most prominent feature of Burn Your Fire For No Witness is the haunting voice of Angel Olsen. The St. Louis-bred singer’s husky tone sounds a bit like Cat Power with an exposed nerve. Though Olsen is only 27 (or…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
This weekend, Heather Partington reviews Fridays at Enrico’s, Don Carpenter’s posthumous novel about novelists, and Inside Madeleine, a collection of stories by Paula Bomer that takes an unblinking look at femininity. While the former will strike a familiar chord for…
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Song of the Day: “Don’t Let It Go”
Beck’s skillfully-produced new album, Morning Phase, is loaded with beautiful, atmospheric melodies like “Heart Is A Drum” and “Wave.” So the decisive guitar hook of “Don’t Let It Go” provides a pleasant lift without sacrificing the moody pacing of surrounding…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
On this weekend in 1652, a law was passed in Rhode Island banning slavery in the colonies. Turns out that particular law didn’t cause much of a stir. Unfortunately, some of today’s legislation intended to protect marginalized groups isn’t faring…
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Song of the Day: “Airwaves”
These days it seems there’s never enough time to get everything done. Or time to think about how there isn’t time to get it done. “Airwaves,” off Ray LaMontagne’s new record Supernova, is just the thing to help us tune into…