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Writers

Amanda Petrusich

Music

Beck Is Home

The musician visits the Los Angeles of his youth and says goodbye to the past.

Amanda Petrusich New Yorker Nov 2019 30min Permalink

Music

Blank Place

Richard Hell after Lexington.

Amanda Petrusich Oxford American Nov 2017 20min Permalink

Crime World

In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever

In Northern Albania, vengeance is as likely a form of restitution as anything the criminal-justice system can offer.

Amanda Petrusich VQR Nov 2017 30min Permalink

World Music

Sweet Bitter Blues

Tokyo’s reverent “black music” fandom.

Amanda Petrusich Oxford American Jan 2017 25min Permalink

Science

Night Moves

How our efforts to illuminate the nighttime are dangerous to Earth’s biodiversity.

Amanda Petrusich VQR Jul 2016 30min Permalink

Music

The Road Goes on Forever

Looking for the ghosts of the Allman Brothers Band in Macon.

Amanda Petrusich Oxford American Jan 2016 20min Permalink

Arts Music

All This Light

A profile of Chan ‘Cat Power’ Marshall adrift in Miami.

Amanda Petrusich Pitchfork Aug 2012 15min Permalink