>"Plans to market long unheard tapes by the country star — discovered in a court storage vault decades after being posted by narcotics traffickers — are at the center of a bitter dispute."

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"A violin-shaped church, an "upside down" house and a hotel modeled on a Russian doll are among the entries in an annual poll to name the year's "ugliest" Chinese buildings."

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>"Country music is exactly where it was a year ago, when the dam on the industry’s ocean of racism supposedly broke. Duh."

"Country music, as a genuine subculture — as opposed to a Nashville-created product — is intimately tied to the Alamo City. The music’s roots run deep in..."

"By pushing back against centuries-old stereotypes, a historically overlooked community is claiming space it was long denied."

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>"Published in 1913, “The Custom of the Country” follows the social rise of Undine Spragg, a fictional character who, in many ways, feels very modern."

"In his new story collection, Kevin Barry proves to be a master at evoking the landscapes of both western Ireland and the human heart; he seems to have an innate sense of why people do what they do."

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