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TelevisionNovember 2, 2016
Donald Glover’s Show About Nothing
Atlanta’s surreal comedy and steady stream of reality checks.
K. Leander Williams
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TelevisionJune 9, 2016
The Bogeymen of ‘The Americans’
The show, which capped its most compelling season last night, understands that the Cold War was driven to a large extent by the national subconscious.
K. Leander Williams
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TelevisionMarch 7, 2016
Stranger Than ‘House Of Cards’
Given the absurdities of the current political season, it is worth asking why the return of the Netflix drama was so highly anticipated.
K. Leander Williams
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CultureDecember 22, 2010
Improbable, Incredible: On Afropop
Defying adversities imposed by borders has been one of Afropop’s key modes of transcendence.
K. Leander Williams
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MusicJuly 28, 2009
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CultureMarch 31, 2009
Bridging It
With the help of a collector, Sonny Rollins has taken the curating of his career in a new direction.
K. Leander Williams
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MusicNovember 2, 2006
Down by Law
Todd Snider has a songwriter’s flair for the absurd–and he’s morphed from a barroom wiseacre to a keen observer of life at the workaday fringes of Bush’s America.
K. Leander Williams
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MusicOctober 2, 2003