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'Ghachar Ghochar' presents a fretful vision of Indian class anxiety

'Ghachar Ghochar' presents a fretful vision of Indian class anxiety

The narrator of Vivek Shanbhag's new novel once lived a lower-class subsistence in Bangalore. Critic Maureen Corrigan says "Ghachar Ghochar" embodies the "fear of falling into economic and moral ruin."
by Maureen Corrigan

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Cube Critics discuss the Oscars

Cube Critics discuss the Oscars

It's Oscar season and Cube Critics Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis are in studio to discuss this year's nominees and which of them we should be watching.
by Euan Kerr and Stephanie Curtis

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Beyonce is not the "Magical Negro Mammy"

Beyonce is not the "Magical Negro Mammy"

Just imagine Beyonce, one of the world's most celebrated, recognized and highest-paid stars, being asked to "mother" Adele and Faith Hill. Not happening, says NPR commentator Denene Millner.
by Denene Millner

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Open landscapes of southwestern Minnesota inspired Grammy winner

Open landscapes of southwestern Minnesota inspired Grammy winner

Maria Schneider is from the small town of Windom and attended the University of Minnesota.

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Art Hounds: Looking into the vortex

Art Hounds: Looking into the vortex

Alexa Horochowski creates hypnotic prints using fans and plastic waste to comment on the environment.
by Marianne Combs

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Got a tattoo? Get a personalized book recommendation

Got a tattoo? Get a personalized book recommendation

Last summer, librarians in Portland, Ore., started giving out personal book recommendations based on readers' tattoos. Other libraries around the country are now picking up the practice.
by Tracy Mumford

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'Respect' wasn't a feminist anthem until Aretha Franklin made it one

'Respect' wasn't a feminist anthem until Aretha Franklin made it one

Today, Franklin's recording of "Respect" is definitive. But when she recorded it on Valentine's Day 1967, it was a radical gender-bending of Otis Redding's original.

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