Word: giftedness
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In the 90s he was Ice Cube’s whackedout cousin, cranking out curveball rap that was the jungle gym to N.W.A’s roughhouse. After a psilocybin-and-videogames induced hiatus, he gifted hip-hop with the formation of his Oakland based funk-rap group Hieroglyphics...
The album is almost as fascinating musically as it is lyrically. The influence of Sufjan Stevens is present throughout, perhaps a result of the involvement of Alan Doucher (who helped mix Stevens’s “Illinois”). But the subtle incorporation of jazzy elements and the...
Steven Millhauser seizes ideas and runs with them—until they’re out of breath and he’s out of words. The Pulitzer Prize winner’s new collection of short stories, “Dangerous Laughter,” takes the shape of...
In 1974, Mark Twain Intermediate School in Brooklyn was served with a desegregation order, mandating that the school maintain a student body whose racial makeup mirrored that of the community—at the time, 70 percent white and 30 percent minority. In subsequent years, Mark Twain was converted into...
A story is often told at times like this - times when American voters are choosing among candidates richly seasoned with political experience and those who are less experienced but perhaps more exciting alternatives. Once upon a time, the torch was passed to a new generation of Americans, and a charismatic...