Sam
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Newyork
One Photo That Captures the Loss in Gaza
An American surgeon who volunteered in Gaza sent me a photo that sears me with its glimpse of overwhelming grief: A woman mourns her young son. I’ve known the surgeon, Dr. Sam Attar, a professor at Northwestern University School of Medicine, for a ...
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Newyork
Lucas Samaras, Artist Who Was His Own Canvas, Dies at 87
A wild card even by the rabble-rousing standards of the 1960s, he once said that he used himself in his art “because it is still unorthodox to use one’s self.”
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Books
This Is Girlhood, Warts and All
In “Sam,” Allegra Goodman provides a sweeping yet intimate view of the challenges and triumphs of growing up.