She was a “powerhouse singer” who had to do things like work as an armed security guard at Wells Fargo to support herself before finally hitting it big as the leader of a soul revival – and then finding out she had pancreatic cancer.
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The German Government Stepped In To Save Thomas Mann’s House In Los Angeles
Wow, this is really pretty great: According to Germany’s foreign minister, the house will “be developed into a cultural center for debate over major trans-Atlantic issues, including migration, exile and integration. The house would also offer residency fellowships for artists and intellectuals.”
Trump Supporters Call For A Hamilton Boycott (And Twitter Is Filled With The Gleeful Idea That People Can Finally Get Tickets)
Like the “Trump Starbucks” thing organized to buy punish Starbucks by buying coffee and asking for it to be under the name Trump, this appears to be going well. “Finally, there were, naturally, a handful of ‘Hamilton’-related Joe Biden memes that cropped up to join the Twitter fray.”
Wondering What Books By American Muslims You Should Be (Buying And) Reading Right Now? Here’s A LitHub Top Ten
Start with Laila Lalami, and keep moving on from there to a wide variety of genres and topics. “It’s a small way to understand and empathize with a group of your fellow Americans who desperately need the understanding and empathy of their countrymen and women.”
Sixteen ‘New Yorker’ Writers, Including Toni Morrison In A Fierce Essay, Write About The Aftermath
“The sad plight of grown white men, crouching beneath their (better) selves, to slaughter the innocent during traffic stops, to push black women’s faces into the dirt, to handcuff black children. Only the frightened would do that. Right?”
The UK’s Education System Is Facing An Emergency As School Libraries Close Across The Land
The current and all of the former children’s laureates of the UK have demanded that the government face up to what its policies are doing to children.
Did Director Hayao Miyazaki Just Un-Retire Again?
The director of such classic films as “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle” can’t quite seem to stop working. “Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki commented that Miyazaki will draw storyboards until he dies.”
If Dylan Can Win The Nobel Prize For Literature, Let’s Move These Authors Onto The Music Stage
Tom Gauld’s cartoon posits entirely new opening acts to get concertgoers stoked for the musicians.
That Hammer In Mahler’s Sixth (Yes, It Does Get Too Much Attention, But … )
Marin Alsop says that Mahler, who was probably a narcissist, is right for our time: “He maintained a messianic conviction that posterity would recognize and embrace his greatness.”
An Actor In Search Of His Lost Neighborhood
Edgar Oliver, who’s just concluded the third in a series of autobiographical plays, is so much more than a New York downtown fixture.