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Electric Warriors: Leo Fender Vs. Les Paul
by Peter-Astrid Kane • 01/21/2019 5:18 pm

Ian S. Port’s The Birth of Loud reframes the standard history of rock ’n’ roll around the dual creators of the modern electric guitar.

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Michael Eric Dyson Wants to Provoke Just Enough...
by Peter-Astrid Kane • 01/18/2017 6:53 pm

A scholar, radio host, and ordained reverend, Dyson’s Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America, is as elegant as it is timely.

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Danish Writer Naja Marie Aidt on American English,...
Emily Wilson • 09/23/2014 10:00 am

Reached by phone in Minneapolis, where she was about to eat a bowl of soup, Naja Marie Aidt, one of Scandinavia's leading authors, said…

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Where's the Best Sex Writing 2012? Rachel Kramer...
by SF Weekly Staff • 04/09/2012 8:30 am

Between them, Rachel Kramer Bussel and Susie Bright have probably edited or written 100 books relating to sex, and they've contributed to almost as…

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Brick-and-Mortar Bookstores vs. Buying Online: We're All Guilty...
Michael Leaverton • 03/26/2012 9:30 am

When you look over your history of buying books, how do you feel? You should feel like hell. If you've bought even one book…

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Sweet, Sweet, Literature: Sunday Crawl Pairs Indie Bookstores...
Ruby Perez • 02/24/2012 9:30 am

What would we need if we were stranded on a desert island? Of course, if we were practical folk we would say a knife…

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John Jeremiah Sullivan: Michael Jackson's Body Is “The...
Shona Sanzgiri • 11/15/2011 10:56 am

Great writing is never passive, and so great reading must follow suit. Throughout Pulphead, Sullivan's new essay collection, the urge is to press the…

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