Arts
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A Swashbuckling Tale of Mutiny Took Him Where ‘the Soul of Man Dies’
“The Wager,” David Grann’s new book, is as much a rousing adventure as an exploration of the power of narratives to shape our perception of reality.
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Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers
In 2021, “How the Word Is Passed” was on the hardcover nonfiction list for five weeks. Now Smith is back — with a book of poetry on the fiction list.
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A Brother-in-Law Explores a Family Tragedy
Using journals left behind by his idol and mentor, Daniel Wallace tries to make sense of the inexplicable.
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Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
What books are on your night stand? “In the Café of Lost Youth,” by Patrick Modiano; “Sleepless Nights,”by Elizabeth Hardwick; “The Philosophy of Modern Song,”by Bob Dylan; “Poems of the Late T’ang,”translated by A.C. Graham. What’s the last great ...
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Inside the Pods With ‘Love Is Blind,’ the Reality TV Juggernaut
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — Peahens choose peacocks with more elaborate feathers, earthworms mate based on size, and baboons judge on hierarchy, but humans, as more intellectually evolved creatures, have been socialized instead to seek out love. For a ...
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In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Finds Her Light
The one-woman show, coming to Broadway, is the “Killing Eve” star’s first stage role. She dared herself to do it.
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‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap: Anthology
Rebecca, Nate, Ted, Keeley, and Zava all move forward.
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Review: Arson, Snowmen, Avian Attacks in ‘Regretfully, So the Birds Are’
A family of adoptees reckon with Asian American identity in this surreal play from Playwrights Horizons and WP Theater.
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The Voices of Unsung Black Poets, Revived and Amplified
“Minor Notes, Volume 1” is the first book in a series meant to recover writers from deep pockets of American history.
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For This American, Self-Discovery Begins at a Ukrainian Call Center
“Calling Ukraine,” a novel by Johannes Lichtman, combines an expatriate story and an office satire.