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Two-time Pulitzer Prize winning novelist Colson Whitehead discusses his novels and writing process at a Craft Talk discussion with English and creative writing assistant professor Ron Austin in Saint Louis University’s Wool Ballroom on April 10, 2025. Whitehead received the 2025 St. Louis Literary Award on April 9. “I always take [awards] as an encouragement to keep doing what I’m doing,” Whitehead said.

2025 St. Louis Literary Award winner Colson Whitehead talks craft and culture in Q & A 

Ulaa Kuziez, News Editor April 14, 2025

If a class were ever taught about Colson Whitehead, the acclaimed author says it would be titled “The Sorrow and the Pain.” That is because writing often feels miserable, Whitehead told a full house...

Pop music is good again. Is the flailing economy to thank?

Kaia Monaco, Opinion Editor March 30, 2025

Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” and Charli XCX’s “BRAT” dominated the charts in 2024, breathing new life into pop...

Refresh your playlist with small artists

Mary Schleuter, Design Editor March 30, 2025

I’ve always taken pride in discovering artists before they became mainstream – whether it was Rex Orange County before “Sunflower,” Sun Room before their “Outer Banks” tik-tok campaign,...

Stevens and his mother, Carrie, in the 1980s

Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Carrie and Lowell’ turns 10

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor March 30, 2025

In 2012 the multi-instrumentalist, electronic savant and indie production legend, Sufjan Stevens, lost his mother. Three years later, and nearly exactly ten years ago today, Stevens released “Carrie...

Lollapalooza four-day lineup

Lollapalooza 2025 is having an indie-alt takeover

Reegan Johnson, Copy Editor March 30, 2025

The 2025 Lollapalooza lineup has been released, and it's no surprise that in the wake of an indie revival, the over-20-year-old festival is filled with up-and-coming artists paving their way in the music...

Image of a 1937 Delahaye Type 135 MS Special Roadster featured at the Saint Louis Art Museum’s “Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939” exhibit.

‘Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile’ Coming to SLAM April 12 – July 27

Andy Cullinane, Arts & Life Assitant Editor March 30, 2025

“Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile” in France, 1918-39, is the highly anticipated exhibit coming to the Saint Louis Art Museum on April 12, 2025. “Roaring” brings the thrill and grandeur...

Adam Scott as Mark Scout, the principal character in “Severance.”

‘Severance’ Season 2 is a masterclass in sci-fi and cult mystery storytelling

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer March 30, 2025

In a decade of stellar television, “Severance” was a true golden goose. Released in 2022 by Apple TV+, the show was produced by Ben Stiller and new writer Dan Erickson. When originally made, it focused...

The cover of Playboi Carti's 'MUSIC.'

Playboi Carti’s polarizing ‘MUSIC’ is a detailed and disjointed return to form

Jack Cipfl, Assistant News Editor March 30, 2025

Combining the vamp-industrial rage-trap aesthetics of “Whole Lotta Red,” with the minimalist, baby-voiced and psychedelic world imagined in “Die Lit,”  Playboi Carti’s “MUSIC” is the latest...

Justin Pound waits in the ring during a stoppage at the Polish Heritage Center on Jan. 25, 2024, in St. Louis.

Uptown Saturday Night Fights: A different face of St. Louis sports

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2025

St. Louis is, if absolutely nothing else, a sports town. St. Louis Blues and St. Louis City merchandise fill the city even when either sport is in the offseason. Busch Stadium is one of the first things...

Lily-Rose Depp as the lead character of Ellen Hutter in “Nosferatu.” Photo courtesy of Variety.

‘Nosferatu’: A love triangle disguised as a spectacular gothic horror

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer February 23, 2025

“Nosferatu,” the latest horror film from esteemed indie director Robert Eggers, is yet another home run for the young creator. A remake of the original 1922 film considered by many to be the original...

Timothee Chalamet as the lead in “Marty Supreme.” Photo courtesy of British GQ.

New year, new movies: 2025 films to look out for

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer February 23, 2025

The year 2025 is upon us, and with it comes an entirely new slate of movies. Use this helpful guide to find out what is coming when and what to get excited about. With everything from science fiction dinosaur...

Still of the titular antagonist in “The Monkey.” Photo courtesy of NEON.

‘The Monkey’ and the art of unseriousness

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2025

Everybody dies, and that’s life. What isn’t “just life,” though, would be an AC unit falling from the roof into the pool or a face full of fish hooks. However, this is exactly the surreal, dark...

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