Books
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All About My Mother
A WOMAN’S BATTLES AND TRANSFORMATIONS By Édouard Louis. Translated by Tash Aw. Late in Édouard Louis’s new novel, “A Woman’s Battles and ...
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‘Saul’ Great, Man
Before we discuss the finale of “Better Call Saul,” the series demands a question: What do we call this guy? Who is he, really? The title would ...
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An Oscars Apology for Sacheen Littlefeather, 50 Years After Brando Protest
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has apologized to Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache and Yaqui actress and activist who was booed ...
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John Boyega Won’t Let Go of ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Coming to America’
John Boyega was born in London to parents who grew up in Nigeria and raised their children in a house that felt like a piece of their home ...
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Kaitlyn Dever on Becoming a Face of Addiction in ‘Dopesick’
After months of jumping from one shoot to the next, Kaitlyn Dever finally had some downtime. “I just got back from a camping trip with my family ...
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‘Ben Is Back,’ ‘Censor’ and More
This month’s off-the-grid streaming recommendations are not for the squeamish, rife with unsettling horror, exploitation and crime films. But if ...
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Searching for Leonardo da Vinci in ‘Leonardo’
Leonardo da Vinci discovered how to capture life in his drawings. And he found new ways to topple a castle. But the one thing he could never come ...
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National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $31.5 Million in Grants
A PBS documentary on the 400-year history of Shakespeare’s plays, a New York Public Library summer program for educators on efforts to secure ...
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The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates
Two years ago Salman Rushdie joined prominent cultural figures signing an open letter decrying an increasingly “intolerant climate” and warning ...
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A Swarm of 13-Year-Olds Took a Broadway Stage. What Could Go Wrong?
It’s one thing to wrangle a few Von Trapp kids. Some Matildas. A Gavroche or two. But a baker’s dozen of newly minted teenagers, raging hormones ...