Call & Response
Slow writing on culture and music from an NPR veteran and bestselling author
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- Sep 23, 2026
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- Jul 8, 2026
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The Other School Choice (opens the original)
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Still Here: Why a New Yorker Never Had a 9/11 Story (opens the original)
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Southern Nights (opens the original)
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Welcome back, Call & Response readers. I’ve missed being in touch with you all. I spent most of my summer happily buried in top-secret book projects I’m co-writing and editing, with a long stretch at home recovering from a quad tendon rupture. When my physical therapist finally cleared me to travel in mid-August, it felt like being let out. My son and I took a trip to Mexico City, only a three-and-a-half-hour flight south from Denver. A marvelous city. Call & Response is a
You Do All the Songs as Bangers (opens the original)
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