Arts
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For a Literary Man’s Man, Mother Knew Best
In his new memoir, “Irma,” Terry McDonell, a magazine editor during the golden age of magazines, gives credit to Mom (and Hemingway).
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Lessons in Civility and Compassion From A.B. Yehoshua
In his novel “The Only Daughter,” the late Israeli writer urges a return to the moral values learned in youth.
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What We’re Reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen As you might guess, the editors who work at the Book Review usually have their noses in a book — and they’re not always new releases. In this episode, Gilbert Cruz talks to Tina Jordan ...
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Susanna Hoffs Has a Dollar Bill Signed by William S. Burroughs
What books are on your night stand? “Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius,” by Nick Hornby. “Lincoln in the Bardo,” by George Saunders. “The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois,” by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers. “Giovanni’s Room,” by James Baldwin ...
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The Enduring Appeal of ‘Wagatha,’ Now on Stage and Screen
A dramatization of the trial between the wives of two soccer stars is returning to the West End in London, joining TV shows, podcasts and documentaries about the high-profile spat.
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The Glorious and Barbarous Bartering of Settlers of Catan
With calculated trades of wood for brick and sheep for wheat, Catan players love building cities and bullying friends. The game’s designer, who died this month, created a monster.
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Johnny Depp Film About Louis XV Will Open Cannes Film Festival
The inclusion of “Jeanne du Barry,” directed by Maïwenn, is Depp’s first public embrace by the film industry since he won a bitter defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard.
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April
Want to see new art in the city? Check out Che Lovelace and Tauba Auerbach in Chelsea and Shellyne Rodriguez’s terrific debut exhibition in TriBeCa.
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‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Review: This Ain’t No Game
A famed video game character side-scrolls once again to the big screen in this bland, witless and flagrantly pandering animated comedy.
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5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Mary Lou Williams
We asked a dozen musicians, scholars and critics to help take us on a tour of the music and mind of a pianist whose decades-long career made her a Mount Rushmore figure in jazz.