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This collection may be the closest we'll ever come to a Dickinson autobiography
by Maureen Corrigan
The Letters of Emily Dickinson collects 1,304 letters, starting with one she wrote at age 11. Her singular voice comes into its own in the letters of the 1860s, which often blur into poems.
What's a 'Soundie'? A new collection revisits this little known 1940s phenomenon
by Lloyd Schwartz
Soundies were 3-minute musical films which you could watch at a bar or club on a large jukebox with a screen. Film historian Susan Delson has curated a selection in Soundies: The Ultimate Collection.
A 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' appreciation, as the series comes to an end
After 25 years and 12 seasons, Curb wraps April 7. We mark the occasion with archival interviews with Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Robert B. Weide, Timothy Olyphant, Ted Danson and others.
Abortion opponents push for 'fetal personhood' laws, giving rights to embryos
by Tonya Mosley
The Guardian's reproductive health reporter Carter Sherman says efforts are underway in a number of states to assign fetuses "some kind of rights that we would generally ascribe to a human person."
Beyoncé bucks the country industry establishment with sprawling 'Cowboy Carter'
by Ken Tucker
While Beyoncé's new album suggests the country-music industry's problematic history of excluding Black artists, the collection as a whole is as much a celebration as it is a critique.
'The Wide Wide Sea' revisits Capt. James Cook's fateful final voyage
by Dave Davies
"A lot of things started going wrong from the very beginning," historian Hampton Sides says of Cook's last voyage, which ended in the British explorer's violent death on the island of Hawaii in 1779.
'Our kids are not OK,' child psychiatrist Harold Koplewicz says
by Terry Gross
The founder of the Child Mind Institute explains why young people are experiencing unprecedented levels of anxiety and depression — and what parents can do about it. His book is Scaffold Parenting.