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Putting the Music First

…into the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra and would rival Cab Calloway and Count Basie in popularity. Less lingers over Booker Little Jr., a Manassas High product who was on his way…

Open Secrets and Broken Promises

…that Richard had an affair but can’t bring herself to confront him. Michael feels betrayed by Diane for allowing herself to get pregnant, despite their pledge never to have children…

Love Letter to the Dollyverse

…star, but also to flee hardship and the confining strictures around her personal choices — also involved a powerful return home. Parton shows unshakeable commitment to her Smoky Mountain homeland…

Suffering in Coal Country

…were unconventional – X-ray readings, CT scans, unreported diagnoses. And while company defense attorneys had limitless financial resources and time to appeal, the fragile plaintiffs might be investing the final

Home, Happiness, and Hurt

…their homemaking. In “Duos,” Devi Laskar describes her North Carolina childhood home as West Bengal in the South, filled with the aroma of buffalo carp and ground spices. Regina Bradley…

What We’ll Miss and What We’ll Share

…Often when we say, “I can’t wait to read this,” what we mean is that we can’t wait to be alone — for the world to fall away and be…

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