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Washington’s Hostess with the Mostes’
Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.
'(Don't Fear) The Reaper' musicians reflect on 'More Cowbell,' debunk myths: 'I don't think it's a cowbell'
The members of Blue Öyster Cult and the song's producers debate the identity of the real Bruce Dickinson in the documentary ...
The ‘Hipster Grifter,’ once wanted for fraud in Utah, now tells all
She was wanted for felony fraud in Utah, made a splash in New York's tabloids then went to prison. Now she has a "captivating ...
Death shaded the life of this Holocaust historian. The cancer memoir he began in hospital was a final ‘act of love’
How does one write the essence of a life once it has come to an end?Mark Raphael Baker’s A Season of Death is an intimate, at ...
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Briefly Noted
This book considers the influence on Elvis Presley of Black musicians, especially the gospel and R. & B. pioneers of the ...
Rachel Syme on Reviving the Lost Art of Letter Writing
The creator of a pen pal project that has drawn tens of thousands of participants across the globe chats about her new book, ...