POPNOTES | OPINION: Summer's here and the time is right for squirmin' in the seats | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

A lot of us have had our lives changed, if not saved, by a song or a book or a movie, by some made-up story that plays out in our minds. Most of us know how hard art can punch; most of us get it.

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