Writing
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Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song
If Dylan died tomorrow, this book would be a fitting last word.
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Frontwomen in Rock
I just created an iTunes playlist titled “Frontwomen in Rock” inspired by Samantha Fish’s recent live…
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A New Poetic Form: The Hourglass Sestina
I’ve been working with artist, photographer, and documentary filmmaker Lee Fearnside on an illustrated collection of…
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“Laughing with a Mouth of Blood”: St. Vincent’s Gothic Grotesque
Many of St. Vincent’s songs, videos, and stage acts use grotesque scenarios and images to examine…
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“There Is No Pure Evil, Nor Pure Good, Only Purity”: William Blake’s and Patti Smith’s Art as Opposition to Societal Boundaries
Patti Smith’s Blakean influence deviates from the infamous excess that has come to define rock; rather,…
