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Ruth Seymour will also be remembered as a trailblazer in public radio’s embrace of digital platforms.

(JTA) — Ruth Seymour, who as general manager of the Los Angeles public radio station KCRW produced a landmark series on Yiddish short stories, died Friday after a long illness.

What were people reading in the 1970s? Salina Public Library By LORI B

Michael Dirda's report from Readercon

Ever wonder why some grocery items have Mr. or Mrs. in their title? Here, we dive into some drink and food history to answer that question for consumers.

San Franciscos new wave band Romeo Void exists in a curious interstice between the social context of the early ‘80s while being wholly prescient of our era of #MeToo.

Tobias Picker and Aryeh Lev Stollman have adapted “Awakenings,” drawing both on source material and personal experience.

It’s the late ’70s in New York, the Studio 54 Era, when being a gossip columnist for the New York Post was a prestige job. How one writer crashed and burned under the bright lights of celebrity and scandal. 

Week of March 3, 2022

Be grateful for modest delights, Sagittairus.