Arts
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In This Novel, Opposites Don’t Attract. They Converge.
“The Leftover Woman” follows two struggling women living completely different lives. How do their paths overlap?
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Looking to the Dutch Masters for Answers to Life’s Big Questions
THE UPSIDE-DOWN WORLD: Meetings With the Dutch Masters, by Benjamin Moser When he moved from New York to the Netherlands in 2002, Benjamin Moser was at the beginning of both his career and a love affair — a triply tenuous situation. He found comfort ...
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It’s Drake’s Season of Discontent, Again
The rapper’s new album, “For All the Dogs,” comes after a summer of live-show triumph and extra-musical boredom.
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The First Magazine for Black Children Is Revisited, Its Message Still Resonant
An anthology that combines new work with selections from The Brownies’ Book, a children’s magazine launched by W.E.B. Du Bois, is bringing its mission to bear in a new national context.
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This Above All: My Undying Obsession With ‘Hamlet’
For one critic, every encounter with this Shakespeare play deepens her understanding of its insights into grief, family and gender.
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Ann Patchett Isn’t Parting With WordPerfect
The best-selling novelist refuses to yield when it comes to writing software, but she’s had a bit of a change of heart on Barnes & Noble.
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The Muchness of Madonna
Mary Gabriel’s biography is as thorough as its subject is disciplined. But in relentlessly defending the superstar, where’s the party?
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The Cosmic, Outrageous, Ecstatic Truths of Werner Herzog
The filmmaker’s new memoir, “Every Man for Himself and God Against All,” prompts a critic’s incredulity.
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‘Last Stop Larrimah’ Review: The Unusual Suspects
This true-crime documentary investigates a murder case in a tiny Australian town, showcasing its brash inhabitants.
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Diving Into ‘The Exorcist: Believer’
We knew Ellen Burstyn would be back. But what else? A discussion of some of the spoiler moments in the new sequel to the 1973 horror classic.