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The musician’s albums reveal an intriguing if uneasy dialogue with her own pop persona. Her fifth LP, “Ancient Dreams in a Modern Land,” is a…
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Los funcionarios de esa ciudad brasileña antes acosaban a los artistas del graffiti y los muralistas, tratándolos como vándalos. Ahora el gobierno incluso financia esas…
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“A Ghost in the Throat,” by Doireann Ni Ghriofa, is part memoir, part literary investigation of a 250-year-old poem.“A Ghost in the Throat,” by Doireann…
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