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Shannon J. Effinger

Shannon J. Effinger has been a freelance arts journalist and cultural critic for over a decade. Her work regularly appears in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Guardian, AFAR magazine, W magazine, Pitchfork, Jazziz, and NPR Music.

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Alice Coltrane’s Transcendent Journey into Late-Night Television

In the singular mid-1980s TV show Eternity’s Pillar, the jazz iconoclast gives viewers a chance to experience the healing powers of her music—and the intense spiritual practice that fuels it.

By Shannon J. Effinger