Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...

Her writing was wonderful and I wish there would be more of it. And of her.

Finding connections in crowds this summer

Something the bestselling Yesteryear author said and why I can't stop thinking about who writes and where they do it

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I wanted to like the movie that talked about elements of my life so very much

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How we got from 90s voicy-ness to today's online discourse and the personal essays and memoir in between

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Music criticism is dead. Long live music criticism

Why fewer teens are swaying to slow songs in gymnasiums

Are you going to the Olympics? Can you do a triple axel?

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It was some of the worst of times, but there were some good and important things.

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A 49-year-old music writer attends the all-ages music festival with her teenage niece.

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But also Madonna and Shania Twain

Thinking about nostalgia (and soft launching "Erin Explains")

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