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31, You’d Think I’d Know Better: Reflections on "New Miserable Experience"

August 4, 2023

An Arizona kid reflects on Gin Blossoms breakthrough “New Miserable Experience.”

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August 4, 2023

August 3, 2023

Diving deep with Tyler Childers and hanging out with Colson Whitehead’s crooks.

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In Friday Five

July 28, 2023

July 27, 2023

On the road with Blake Mills and trying to catch ‘The Deluge’ in a paper cup.

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In Friday Five

July 14, 2023

July 13, 2023

A Blur-ry wonder and reading the family “Novels” of D.T. Robbins

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In Friday Five

July 7, 2023

July 6, 2023

An extended Vampire Weekend, and exploring grief at the movies.

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In Friday Five

June 30, 2023

June 29, 2023

Change your life with Portugal. The Man, and get supernatural with M. Ward.

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My 15 favorite reads of 2023 (so far)

June 26, 2023

A brief turn of appreciation to the 15 books that have felt most like home in the first six months of 2023.

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June 16, 2023

June 15, 2023

Chasing joy with Jenny Lewis and watching blue skies burst into flame alongside novelist TC Boyle.

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In Friday Five

June 9, 2023

June 8, 2023

Why we’re lucky to have Bully, and losing it along with Beck.

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June 2, 2023

June 1, 2023

The Arlo Parks machine hums on, and an ode to Meg White.

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Aarik is a Midwestern journalist, essayist and poet whose writing exists at the four corners of literature, human dignity, pop culture and theology.


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