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Tracey Emin: The Life of a Line
From the delicate bird drawings of the 1990s to the monumental paintings of her later career, Tracey Emin has developed one of the most recognisable visual languages in contemporary British art. Her work belongs to a long tradition of artists who have understood drawing as a means of examining the most difficult aspects of human…
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Chapter 49: Love and Marriage
Topper and I return to the house from dinner in Palm Springs. Mr S and Ms Bacall have walked ahead of us and are already inside, deep in conversation. When Mr S finds me alone by the pool, he hands me a drink and settles beside me. “You know, baby, Cary was right,” he says.…
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Chapter 48: Loving You
Back at Bryn Mawr, I’m racing to finish my senior thesis, determined to do it quickly and well. Tilly is supposed to be working too, but she’s distracted. Buddy comes down to visit us so often that their constant antics are beginning to get on my nerves. More than once, I slip a noise complaint…
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Chapter 40: There’s Always Me
The boy doesn’t pick me up at the airport, Red West does, driving the boy’s new car. I giggle when I see it: a lavender Lincoln Premiere, similar to my old Cadillac. “He wanted to be here,” Red tells me. “But it’s mayhem around him these days.”I pretend to understand. “Well,” I say, “it’s good…
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Bob Dylan: The Making of a Voice, 1962–1970
Bob Dylan’s early career is one of the most compressed and transformative arcs in 20th-century music. Between 1962 and 1970, he released ten studio albums that altered the landscape of popular song, expanding it from entertainment into poetry, prophecy, and provocation. In less than a decade he moved from a Woody Guthrie–inspired folk troubadour to…
