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David Redfern How Jimi Hendrix’s London Years Changed Music
A new book retells the artist’s fairy tale—rising out of deprivation to storm the spires of rock and roll—by considering his influence on the U.K.
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Tim Lahan An Ode to Small Talk
How about this weather?
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Timothy Mulcare Dog Days
A poem for Sunday
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Illustration by Arsh Raziuddin; Fox Searchlight Pictures; Getty The New David Copperfield Movie Might Be Better Than the Book
Armando Iannucci’s adaptation of Dickens’s novel is mad, loving, and brilliant.
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Tim Lahan An Ode to Balloons
Gravity is overrated.
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Michael Ochs Archives / Getty The Funkadelic Album That Predicted the Future
The legendary band could almost blend in with other acts during the counterculture of the ’70s. But today, the group looks like a pure phenomenon.
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Illustration by Oliver Munday; Eamonn McCabe / Popperfoto ... Seamus Heaney’s Journey Into Darkness
In the deepest reaches of history, the poet found a voice for the troubled present.
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David Price / Arsenal FC / Getty My Soccer Fandom Is Out of Shape
A lifelong fan took in yesterday’s Manchester City–Arsenal game, and struggled to connect with his onetime obsession.
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Daniel Savage An Ode to Insomnia
How to find solace in sleeplessness
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Alan Varajas / EyeEm / Getty / The ... The Advice That Most 2020 Commencement Speakers Won’t Give
Here’s the speech that graduates need to hear.
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The Atlantic The 1798 Poem That Was Made for 2020
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is taking on new meaning during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Pavel Popov An Ode to Running in the Movies
What makes Harrison Ford such a great cinematic sprinter, and why does Tom Cruise always pump his arms like that?
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Jillian Freyer Homeless in a City Buffeted by Plague
Boston’s most vulnerable citizens are experiencing a drastic reduction in places to eat, places to sit, places to use the bathroom, places to be safe, places to be.
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A Coronavirus Prayer
James Parker reads a prayer for these trying times.
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Gabriel Zimmer The Coronavirus Prayer
A pandemic that won’t last forever and ever, amen
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Till Lauer An Ode to Driving in America
A Brit learns to love Dunkin’, classic-rock radio, and the open road.
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Princeton University Library The Secret Cruelty of T. S. Eliot
Before she died, Emily Hale donated love letters she had received from the author while his wife was ill. Now public, the writings reveal his quiet duplicity.
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Maria Spann Ode to Social Distancing
A poem for Tuesday
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Miguel Porlan An Ode to Fallibility
Instant replay is ruining sports.
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Kevin Cummins What Happened When the Sex Pistols Threw a Christmas Party
A new book showcases a collection of photos that captures the band’s last concert in England—they were in their pomp, on their mission, and fully charged.
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