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Connie Converse Was ‘the Female Bob Dylan.’ Then She Disappeared
In an excerpt from his new book, To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse, journalist and musician Howard Fishman examines the singer-songwriter's talent and mysterious life
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Madison Beer's Nudes Leaked at 15. A Decade Later, They Still Haunt Her
In hew new book, The Half of It, the singer/songwriter/content creator gets real about having sexy images of her posted on the internet — long before she was old enough to consent
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Sarah Palin and the Republican Party's Sharp Turn From Conservatism
In this excerpt from Jon Ward's Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation, the journalist remembers how John McCain's choice of a running mate showed how he and his family diverged on politics
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How Madlib and MF DOOM Captured Lightning in a Bottle With 'Accordion'
The inside story of how the iconic track from 2004's Madvillainy came together
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Murder and Mercy: Inside a Teenage Death-Penalty Case That Shocked the World
Paula Cooper was 15 when she stabbed an elderly woman to death. In the new book Seventy Times Seven, Alex Mar explores the case — and the friendship between Cooper and the victim's grandson
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‘Abuse, Grooming, Drugs, and Sexual Coercion’: The Scandal Wrestling Buried
This excerpt from the new book ‘Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America’ tells the story of Tom Cole, the young WWF ring boy whose allegations could have shaken the world of wrestling.
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How the Horatio Alger Lie Helped Shape the Myth of American Upward Mobility
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Bootstrapped explodes the fantasy at the heart of the American dream and exposes the fraud of Alger's own story, as well as the serious allegations he faced
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How Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Writes a Song
'Think about songs as questions to be answered,' he writes in the afterword to his new book of lyrics. 'Can I blend six genres at once? Can I be so emotionally vulnerable that it’s uncomfortable?'
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How I Escaped From a Religious Sex Cult and Ended Up in the Army
"Nobody was coming to save me from this life." In her new book, Daniella Mestyanek Young describes being raised in the infamous Children of God cult
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These Ultraconservative Brothers Pulled Strings in Reagan’s Washington. Then One of Them Was Outed as Gay
An excerpt from ‘Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington’ recounts the fierce loyalty — and fiercer denialism — of political strategist Terry Dolan and speechwriter Tony Dolan
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