Tag: music
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Surviving solitude in Caleb Azumah Nelson’s ‘Small Worlds’
Caleb Azumah Nelson’s Small Worlds is a celebration of love, music, and community. Through jazz, dance, and shared experiences, the novel explores the beauty of connection and the pain of isolation. With lyrical prose, Nelson reminds us that to be ‘open’ is to be free—and that small worlds sustain us.
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Cellular vulnerability in ‘The Magic Border’ by Arlo Parks
Arlo Parks won the Mercury Prize in 2021 for her debut LP and then went on to release another album and a debut book of poetry in 2023. She doesn’t necessarily separate her poetry from her song lyrics. Parks suggests that her writing process is an exploration of self, referring to it as ‘cellular’. Some…