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PopMatters music critic Peter Su on writing and reading about music: "I try to remember what Robert Penn Warren said about good short stories, that, no matter 'how trivial its subject matter, or how cranky its end, we feel that an interesting mind and temperament has made contact with life. Even though the point of the story, stated or implied, may be contrary to our personal conclusions about things, it enlarges our own sense of human possibility, for good or bad.' "