Arts
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Five Children’s Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks include a splashy Pixar creation, an Adam Sandler comedy and the newest installment in the “Spy Kids” franchise.
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Music Too Fast for Feet
Since the continent’s clubs reopened after pandemic lockdowns, young partygoers have been drawn to a hard, driving style of techno. It’s changing the way people dance.
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Jhumpa Lahiri Translates the Varieties of Strangeness
In “Roman Stories,” written in Italian, nine protagonists have little in common except their foreignness.
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Ghosts Come in Many Forms in Bryan Washington’s New Novel
In “Family Meal,” the author follows the jagged reunion of two former best friends, each grappling with grief and complicated relationships.
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Audiobook of the Week: What’s Really in a Hot Dog?
“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system.
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Kate DiCamillo Is Not Afraid of the Dark
Kate DiCamillo learned the craft of storytelling by sitting on old ladies’ porches on her dead-end street in Central Florida. Her mother had moved her there to escape an abusive father and a climate that was the suspected culprit in her relentless ...
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Drake Releases ‘For All the Dogs’ Album, With Assists From Bad Bunny and Kevin Durant
The album, which had been teased all summer and then delayed, also features appearances by SZA, 21 Savage and J. Cole, plus a surprise role for an NBA star.
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Peso Pluma, Mexico’s Breakout Music Star, Finds New Spotlights
Backstage at the MTV Video Music Awards last month, at the Prudential Center in Newark, the out-of-nowhere Mexican superstar Peso Pluma gathered his band for an inspirational talk. That night, he was to become the first Mexican artist to ever perform ...
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Why I Keep Watching In-Flight Meltdowns
How the airplane became a viral sensation, the star of videos about questionable behavior — and the new backdrop for social disillusionment.
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How the Humble Paperback Helped Win World War II
When American soldiers fought on the battlefields of World War II, they were carrying more than weapons. They also carried ideas — quite literally. The Armed Services Editions, a series of specially designed pocket-size paperbacks, were introduced in ...