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J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

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A classic rock band has set a new record with the best-selling album of all time. The Eagles’ 1976 release, “Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975,” has officially become the first album to go quadruple ...

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We’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of Pitchfork with a full week dedicated to Sunday Reviews of great albums from 1996. Today we revisit the marvelous, cult-forming second album from the Scottish ...

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