‘Let Me Go ’Way From This Lonely Town’
An effort to save the Tryon house where Nina Simone was born reveals the artist’s complicated relationship with her hometown.

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An effort to save the Tryon house where Nina Simone was born reveals the artist’s complicated relationship with her hometown.