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Mark Humphrey/APSteve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. -
When he found himself living alone in the North Carolina woods, he returned to the piano, his first instrument, working through loss, grief, and the promise of new possibilities.
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Send us a voice memo about a song that hit you hard in 2025 — one you listened to on repeat, made you cry, or just got you in your feels like no other. -
A woman with a terminal diagnosis asks her husband to leave the house in Ann Packer's new novel. Some Bright Nowhere is an absorbing book about end-of-life care and what the living owe the dying. -
Multiple Grammy-winning songwriter John Prine died of COVID-19 complications in April 2020. -
Nobel winners Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke bring us a reissue and a new book respectively this week. Also, a story from a fictional African country and a commentary on beauty. -
Canceled grants, a chill on philanthropy and soft attendance roiled museums across the country this year.
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A new show at Miami's Museum of Graffiti traces the origins and development of street art. What began in the 1970s with teenagers tagging New York subway cars has grown into a worldwide art movement. -
Author Christine Kuehn's late grandfather, grandmother and aunt were spies for the Japanese in the run-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."
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At issue is whether internet providers can be liable for their users' committing copyright violations using its services. -
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
