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‘The Electric Woman’, Death, and Life in a Circus Sideshow
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‘The Electric Woman’, Death, and Life in a Circus Sideshow

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Linda Levitt
/ 25 July 2018

Tessa Fontaine's memoir will dazzle.

This Is How You Break Into My House to Find Me: An Interview with Sxip Shirey
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This Is How You Break Into My House to Find Me: An Interview with Sxip Shirey

By
N. A. Cordova
/ 10 March 2017
Sxip Shirey found recent success with "Woman of Constant Sorrow", and now discusses robotic bells, the pleasure of composing for circuses, and his new album A Bottle of Whiskey and a Handful of Bees.
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‘The Night Circus’: A Bewitching Premise, but Too Much Sleight of Hand

By
Michelle Welch
/ 6 October 2011
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Britney Spears Attacks the Paparazzi (Again) in “I Wanna Go”

By
Kate Dries
/ 1 July 2011
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Britney Spears: Circus

By
M. R. Newmark
/ 9 December 2008
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The Graphic Report: Summer Edition

By
Chris Barsanti
/ 11 August 2008

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