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@annkpowers

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    12 Dec 2017

    This is a year-end essay, but more than that. It's my deep dive into how rock and roll and connect.

    9 replies 67 retweets 183 likes
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  2. 8 hours ago

    Turban Power curtisharding @ Mercy Lounge

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Thanks for digging up this chestnut

    i'm supposed to be painting orders right now.. but i'm glued to reading.. all kinds of things.. "What Nick Drake Taught Me About Art And Love" Ann Powers
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  4. 11 hours ago

    Thank you and thanks for your powerful work!

    Replying to @annkpowers
    Check it :) thanks for this.
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  5. 11 hours ago

    I remember when were John & Jacob and I loved them then. This duet with is a cirrostratus cloud dream

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  6. 11 hours ago

    OMG

    Enter "The Magazine Rack," the Internet Archive’s Collection of 34,000 Digitized Magazines via - pulpmags, SF, and OZ, feat. Robert Crumb, Germaine Greer...
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  7. 18 hours ago

    You can get your "only piece you need to about " reading done early because my colleague wrote it

    1 reply 2 retweets 17 likes
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  8. Apr 4

    Bacchanal

    Twitter, what's the best ~chill~ patio bar or coffee shop in New Orleans to spend an afternoon in?
    2 replies 7 likes
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  9. Apr 4

    I have such a vivid memory of that album cover

    Replying to @annkpowers
    Yeah, I don't really have the 'Lynn Anderson on the cover of Rose Garden LP' tresses, but am gonna try.
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  10. Apr 4

    One of the absolute highlights of my book launch tour!

    chats with . WATCH now:
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  11. Apr 3

    It’s all about that in Nashville already! Do it queen

    I have a Mandrell-sisters grade floor length princess dress that never makes it out of the closet, but feel tempted to wear it on stage tomorrow. IF NOT NOW THEN WHATS THE OCCASION. I will look like it's 1972 at the Opry but maybe thats what 2018 should be bout.
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  12. Apr 3

    It just slays the heart

    0:40
    Man, sometimes music just really speaks to you. This record is it for me lately. Tx for the recommendation 💓🙏🎶
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  13. Apr 2

    I suggest hard cheeses

    Replying to @annkpowers
    Snacking while crying is a key skill to master.
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  14. Apr 2

    And snacking. Don’t forget the snacking.

    If we really want to teach our students about the writing life, the most instructive thing a teaching writer can do is stand in front of the class and cry for 45 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of wild, inexplicable hope.
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  15. Apr 2

    The “true self” stuff?

    Replying to @annkpowers @AmericanIdol
    Yes! I felt the same way about the vast majority of the contestants. Also didn't feel comfortable with Katy's comments re: .
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  16. Apr 2

    If anyone is watching were you as offended as I was with that arbitrary final female pairing

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  17. Apr 2

    The only necessary discussion is “yes”

    Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)” is one of the best pop songs of all time. Discuss.
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  18. Apr 2

    Thank you for inspiring me to write this piece!!

    Ann Powers: My Life in Music (the spiritual side) - Open Horizons
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  19. Apr 1

    No shade tho this Judas seems cool too

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  20. Apr 1

    I honestly spaced on watching but it’s not like I don’t have every song drilled permanently into my head having gone to Catholic school in the late 1970s

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  21. Apr 1

    Spring Awakening, Groff/Michele reunion pleeeeez

    Are we nominating candidates for live TV musicals? The Secret Garden.
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