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Richard Crawford, Leading Scholar of American Music, Dies at 89

American Music was a marginal subfield in the 1960s when he began his research as a student, and then as a faculty member, at the University of Michigan.

By William Robin

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Francine Pascal, Creator of ‘Sweet Valley High’ Book Series, Dies at 92

The series and its many spinoffs have sold more than 200 million copies and revolutionized the world of young adult publishing.

By Clay Risen

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Book Review: ‘Seeing Through,’ by Ricky Ian Gordon

In “Seeing Through,” the prolific composer Ricky Ian Gordon shares the heroes, monsters, obsessions and fetishes that drive his art and fuel a dizzying life.

By Alexandra Jacobs

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Lewis H. Lapham, Longtime Editor of Harper’s, Dies at 89

Born into a patrician family, he used Harper’s and later his own Lapham’s Quarterly to denounce what he saw as the hypocrisies and injustices of a spoiled United States.

By Robert D. McFadden