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Queer Artists of Colour to Diversify your Playlists

LRR, April 20, 2023April 20, 2023

Poetry editor Aayushi Agarwal sheds some insight on the music industry’s best queer artists of colour to add to your list of must-listens!

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The Power of African Music

LRR, March 24, 2023March 22, 2023

Looking for a new addition to your next Spotify playlist? Nonfiction panelist and blog editor Pascale Joachim reflects on her exploration of African music.

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The Endurance of Love: Reviewing Hozier’s Discography

LRR, March 9, 2023March 8, 2023

Looking for new music to add to your playlists? Poetry panelist and blog editor Madison Bigelow shares her favorite Hozier songs in anticipation of his new release.

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Like Phoebe Bridgers but Happier: A Review of Lizzy McAlpine’s Give Me a Minute

LRR, February 27, 2023February 22, 2023

Need a new feel-good album recommendation? Rylee Thomas offers the most recent addition to her playlist.

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A Night with Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra

LRR, February 21, 2023April 21, 2023

Nonfiction panelist and blog editor Pascale Joachim reflects on Lviv National Philharmonic Orchestra’s most recent performance at the Jorgensen Center for Performing Arts.

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Discussing Autism in the Media: Sia’s Music

LRR, February 12, 2021February 17, 2021

LRR’s translation editor Josh Camputaro on Discussing Autism in the Media: Sia’s Music

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Read Between The Lyrics

LRR, April 30, 2020April 27, 2020

5 female singer-songwriters who put poetry into pop By Ryan Amato When you think of creative writing, chances are you don’t immediately think of music; but you’d be surprised that the same amount of creativity that goes into crafting the powerful metaphors and storylines that can be found in some…

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Writing With Sound: Making playlists for your stories

LRR, February 18, 2020February 18, 2020

Sometimes to see, you need to listen first. For almost all of the projects I would create before 2016, I ran into a wall over and over again: For some reason, I couldn’t visualize anything about my stories the way I needed to. It wasn’t because I didn’t have a…

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Podcasting and the Resurgence of the Oral Tradition

by Diana Koehm

LRR, May 5, 2016May 5, 2016

A hush falls over the clearing. The hunter’s voice rings with a metallic clang. The bodies huddled around the fireplace feel the blade pierce the beast’s hide as if it were their own. Before writing, there was word of mouth. Our humble literary blog, and the larger literature scene as…

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America’s Great Black Hope

by Sten Spinella

LRR, March 7, 2016March 7, 2016

I’ve been doing some thinking on Kendrick Lamar lately. His new album, untitled unmastered is great, but that is to be expected. I don’t have any more to say on it than your average music reviewer does. I want to get into something different. I want to address the fact…

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