In my freshman year of high school, I read Battle Royale by Koushun Takami for the first time. I loved the pulpy, almost ...

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At this point, you probably don’t need to be reminded that this year royally, irredeemably sucked. However, pandemic, isolation, governmental failure, systemic racism, ...

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According to some, we’re looking at more than a year before concert halls and music venues will return to any normalcy. It is ...

Genre: Americana Favorite Songs: “Hitch Hikin’,” “Tucson Train,” “Somewhere North of Nashville,” “There Goes My Miracle,” “Moonlight Motel” In a way that’s going ...