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Freedom House: A Sonic Bibliography

By KB Brookins

Long Live the Queen of Memphis

By Zandria F. Robinson

Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die

By David Kirby

Take Two

By Michael Venutolo-Mantovani

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“God bless America and God bless the Oxford American…”
—Dolly Parton

Issue 115, Winter 2021

The Watts Miracle

As ravenous as anyone else, the thing I had most wanted to see in Amazing Grace was Franklin calling Lazarus.

By Zandria F. Robinson
Issue 116, Spring 2022

A Return to the Black Mountains with Moses Sumney

There’s a surrender to nature, and also a kind of existential purpose that emerges for me when immersed in nature. And we had to surrender to the...

By Clarissa Brooks
Issue 116, Spring 2022

When the Barrios Hear Her Song

Ivy Queen turns her face away from the DJ, her back to an imagined audience and the other hopefuls that await their turn to rap.

By Verónica Dávila Ellis