For all that feels unstable in the world right now, artists have kept making art describing life and helping us make sense of things, each in their own
R&B singer-songwriter Jazmine Sullivan released em Heaux Tales /em on Jan. 8.
For all that feels unstable in the world right now, artists have kept making art describing life and helping us make sense of things, each in their own way. Jazmine Sullivan, the Grammy nominee behind R&B hits like Bust Your Windows and Need U Bad, has taken the past few years to herself, away from the spotlight, but she returns now with her first album since 2015,
Heaux Tales.
Sullivan joined NPR s Michel Martin to talk about why it s important for women to tell their own stories even the parts they re not proud of and how a prolonged break from recording gave her the focus to create music that is bracingly honest about her and her friends experiences with love and relationships. Hear the radio version at the audio link, and read more of their conversation below.
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New Deep Vellum poetry editor found community among Dallas writers. Now, he’s helping lead it
With Sebastián Hasani Páramo, the Dallas-based publishing house adds not only a poet but also a passionate organizer to its team.
Deep Vellum Publishing poetry editor Sebastián Páramo poses for a photo at the Recycled Books, Records, & CDs store in downtown Denton.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
Anyone paying close attention to Dallas culture will remember 2014 as the year a literary scene began to emerge. It was the year the city’s first independent bookstore, The Wild Detectives, opened; the year Will Evans launched a translation publishing house, Deep Vellum; the year hometown novelist Merritt Tierce earned critical acclaim with her debut novel,