Call & Response
Michelle MercerSlow writing on culture and music from an NPR veteran and bestselling author
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You Do All the Songs as Bangers
Once, I asked my 14-year-old son for the secret to getting 100 kids to sing their hearts out. He thought about it for a second.
“You do all the songs as bangers,” he said. A clear enough statement, but it’s taken me a while to reckon with...
But Listen To That Drummer: Reclaiming Music Appreciation
The critic Wyatt Mason once told me this, and I've never let go of it:
“You and I know many things matter to good criticism,” he said. “But here’s a major one: When you get to the end of a piece, does the work under discussion feel bigger...
"You ever think about purpose?" Why The Bear's Music Moves Us So Much
Today, The Bear dropped its fifth and final season, all eight episodes in one go. One last service, to use the restaurant shoptalk the show has taught us so well—maybe too well, given the ubiquity of the phrase “Yes, chef!” Not since the pu...
Stuck Season
Hello, everyone. Thanks for your response to last week’s essay about my aversion to best-of lists and my love of writing.
Some personal news. A couple weeks ago, I ruptured my quadriceps tendon in a random accident. Even after emergency s...
Against the List, for Love of Art
Susan Sontag with her son David Rieff
When The New York Times released its list of the 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters, incensed friends texted. “Can you believe they left off X or Y?”
I could. The list was a provocation, and it...
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Michelle Mercer is a bestselling author/ghostwriter and was an NPR contributor for two decades. Michelle has lectured and reported on art, music, and culture in dozens of countries. She teaches and coaches nonfiction writing.
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