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From Laura Sinaga’s review of Gayle Wald’s Shout, Sister, Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe in today’s NYT Book Review: In the 1940s, when big bands were hiring pretty girls with sweet voices to bob over their beats, Tharpe fronted Lucky Millinder’s raucous swing outfit with gutsy force. In the late…
Poem of the Day: Matthew Arnold’s “Dover Beach”
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On the Road: Professor Kavita Daiya in Mumbai
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On the Road: Professor Mitchell in Kaua’i
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