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Article The Life of a Song Glen Campbell possessed not only a prodigious musical talent, but an ability to connect regional American music to the mainstream. By Rand Richards Cooper January 27, 2023 Music History
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Article Legalized Lawlessness Caroline Elkins’s history of the British Empire focuses on the perspectives of colonized people in a style both accessible and moving. By Robert E. Sullivan January 9, 2023 Books Race History
Article The Rock and the Peregrine John McGreevy’s book is a gripping history of the modern Catholic Church, an institution at once a stolid purveyor of tradition and an agent of revolutionary change. By James Chappel November 15, 2022 History Secularism and Modernity Bishops