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Daily Archives: November 16, 2020

[Book Nerd Links] Newspaper Row, Diane di Prima, Black Playwrights, and The Go-Go’s

Posted on November 16, 2020 by maedez
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  • The Ghosts of Newspaper Row [THE PARIS REVIEW]
  • Diane di Prima, Beat Poet and Activist, Dead at 86 [NPR]
  • 40 Black playwrights on the theater industry’s insidious racism [LOS ANGELES TIMES]
  • How the Go-Go’s Found Their Beat: An Oral History [VOGUE]
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