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Sheila Liming
Sheila Liming is an assistant professor of English at the University of North Dakota. She has written for
The
Chronicle of Higher Education
and
The
Los Angeles Review of Books
.
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Bagpipes: A Rock-and-Roll History
For decades the instrument has played a cacophonous—and subtly political—role in popular music.
Sheila Liming
July 9, 2016