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Aretha Franklin

Arts Music

It’s Not Too Late

I don’t want my part to get skipped over, but I still don’t know how to write directly about what went down between me and M. All I can do is worry a detail like an R&B singer worries a line.

Carina del Valle Schorske The Believer Aug 2020 10min Permalink

Music

Soul Survivor

A profile of Aretha Franklin.

David Remnick New Yorker Apr 2016 25min Permalink

Music

The Counterfeit Queen of Soul

A strange and bittersweet ballad of kidnapping, stolen identity and unlikely stardom.

Jeff Maysh Smithsonian Magazine Jul 2018 20min Permalink

Arts Music

A-R-E-T-H-A

A sit-down with Ms. Franklin.

Rob Hoerburger New York Times Magazine Jul 2011 Permalink