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Caitlin Mullen's *Please See Us* won the Edgar Award for best first novel in 2021, and that recognition raises a question the source material leaves open: whether *Heather* will earn similar notice What Makes a Crime Novel Literary? Reading Mullen's *Heather*Read more

Alarm Will Sound, the 20-member chamber ensemble that won a GRAMMY this year, is releasing New Acoustica on Cantaloupe Music. The album is a sequel to the group's 2005 record Acoustica, which Alarm Will Sound Turns Electronic Music Into Acoustic Frontier With New AcousticaRead more

The source text is a satirical review of a 17-track Kid Rock album titled after James 1:17, a Bible verse that also names its lead single. Its sharp, comic tone makes it hard to separate the writer's Kid Rock's Faith-Themed Album Arrives as a Test of Satire and SincerityRead more