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Grant Wong

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As seen in: Slate, Smithsonian Magazine, Lexology, PopMatters, Current Affairs, Mondaq, The Flat Hat, In Theory: The JHI Blog Podcast
History Ph.D. candidate, 20th century US popular culture and consumerism @UofSC | Words in @SmithsonianMag, @Slate, @PopMatters
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Why America Still Needs Punk Rock

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By Grant Wong, Yannick Marshall, Stephen Prager, Annie Levin
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Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2025 July/Aug Details A brief history of our most rebellious musical genre, as seen through its DIY zines. It’s July 26, 2024, and I’m at Elsewhere, a former warehouse turned music venue in Brooklyn, New York. My friend Beleth and I have come to see Snõõper, a punk band from Nashville. We’ve been friends since middle school, but have followed diverging paths.
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Why America Still Needs Punk Rock

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By Grant Wong
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Originally published in our magazine’s hallowed print edition 2025 July/Aug Details A brief history of our most rebellious musical genre, as seen through its DIY zines. It’s July 26, 2024, and I’m at Elsewhere, a former warehouse turned music venue in Brooklyn, New York. My friend Beleth and I have come to see Snõõper, a punk band from Nashville. We’ve been friends since middle school, but have followed diverging paths.
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The Real Story Behind ‘A Complete Unknown’ and Bob Dylan’s Early Career, From His Arrival in New York City to When He ‘Went Electric’ Original

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By Grant Wong
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A new film starring Timothée Chalamet tracks Dylan’s evolution from an acoustic folk singer to a rock ‘n’ roll superstar When Bob Dylan arrived in New York City on January 24, 1961, “it was dead-on winter,” he later recalled. “The cold was brutal, and every artery of the city was snow-packed. … It wasn’t money or love that I was looking for. I had a heightened sense of awareness, was set in my ways, impractical and a visionary to boot.
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