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Writer. Collaborator. From "little" Washington, NC. Now live in College Station, TX. 2019 Guggenheim fellow in nonfiction. Next book is about jazz pianist Bill Evans and his wife Ellaine Schultz Evans. samstephenson.org
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If you want to understand how we'll survive this mess, check out Next Comes What by Andrea Pitzer. I help produce this weekly podcast about how now fits into the history of authoritarianism and what we can do to fight back. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/next-comes-what/id1779885475

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"Sebald wanted it to be published in every category imaginable." I yearn for a return to the era when bookstores were arranged by publisher, not genre or category. One like that lasted in Durham N.C. until the early 2000's. Kudos @madeleinewatts.bsky.social for this essay.

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I don't know too many musicians who could do this, all in all. A song he wrote after his father passed away. The massive subtle skill on guitar, the blend of everything, in a small easily forgotten venue. Inspiring. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IFR...

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I have several thousand CD's from 30 years of listening and research. Today I ordered CD cabinets from a company in Canada that makes renowned, simple metal CD cabinets. Lady on the phone there today told me that 30-day hold in tariffs saved me 25% add-on to the price. Fuck Trump.

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The way this is happening so fast is making it ever more clear that Trump is a puppet. He's not smart enough. This was pretty evident all along, but more and more obvious each day.

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Trump is a puppet.

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+ 10000. Heartbreaking to read this week that the reason Neko Case wrote a memoir is because she no longer makes money on her music, which has meant so much to many people.

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Paul Robeson, Richard Wright & Count Basie collaborating on a tribute to Black boxing champion Joe Louis? That & much more in this Night Lights #BlackHistoryMonth program.

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Stumbled upon this today. Never seen it before. Will be watching it more in the future. One of the best Mitchell covers I've seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTm8...

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One of my favourite recordings. Taj Mahal singing his musical adaptation of a Langston Hughes poem, "Crossing Jordan":

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W. Eugene Smith’s darkroom sink - my standing desk. In my new loft office in downtown Bryan TX. The building next door is the former Carnegie Public Library, now a history center.

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I think is Perry’s best book. Original, challenging, outside of the box. I imagine some academics might take her to task for various experiments. But not me. A wonderful mix of deep historical research and creative writing. You have to have big platform to get this published by commercial press.

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From 'The Eighteenth Brumaire of Donald J. Trump' by Peter Gordon, published in the Boston Review. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...

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Is there anything more tedious and boring than the big network pregame shows for NFL games? Thank goodness for Fulham-ManU on USA to pass the time.

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My favorite seafood cookbook, by far. I grew up 30 miles from Ricky Moore in coastal N.C. This book is a piece of history. Try his "Warshpot Stew," aka Rockfish Stew.

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CONGRATS Chef Ricky Moore and Saltbox Seafood Joint, Durham, NC, seminfinalist for the 2025 James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef Award! Can't make it to Durham? THE SALTBOX SEAFOOD JOINT COOKBOOK by Ricky Moore with @kchysmith.bsky.social is available wherever cookbooks are sold.

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I've been cranking this CD in the car this week. Makes me want to run more errands, especially across town or out in the country. Loving it. beingsnyc.bandcamp.com/album/there-...

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Zeitman’s Deli. Downtown Bryan, TX this morning.

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