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Stephen M. Deusner is an American music critic and part-time record store clerk who lives in Bloomington, Indiana. [1] A native of Tennessee, he has contributed to Pitchfork Media (including the Pitchfork 500 ), [2] Salon , CMT , American Songwriter , Paste , eMusic, and the Village Voice , [3] [4] among other publications. He has also contributed an essay about Okkervil River and unreliable narrators to the 2011 book The Poetics of American Song Lyrics, published by the University Press of Mississippi. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Witham, Sierra (28 December 2016). "A Conversation with Local Music Critic Stephen Deusner". WIUX . Indiana University . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Stephen M. Deusner". Pitchfork Media . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Hight, Jewly (20 December 2012). "Unpacking the religious-to-roots music migration with Pitchfork and Salon.com contributor Stephen Deusner". Nashville Scene . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Stephen Deusner". Los Angeles Review of Books . Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Stephen Deusner". Calvin College . Retrieved 30 June 2017.

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