Arts
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‘Asi Wind’s Inner Circle’ Review: Pick a Card, Not Just Any Card
A master at the top of his game, the magician Asi Wind performs fluidly and with obvious pleasure.
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Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in February
A handful of great titles are leaving the service for U.S. subscribers soon, including a bona fide comedy classic. See them while you can.
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Being Edward Hopper
It’s no longer enough to like our favorite artists’ works. By putting on Hopper’s fedora, Picasso’s striped shirt, Warhol’s wig or Kahlo’s colorful couture, we want to become their avatars.
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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Strong With Seven Weeks at No. 1
The R&B star’s “SOS” has racked up more than 1.4 billion streams and had the equivalent of 1.1 million sales since its December release.
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‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 3: One More Good Day
This week’s episode, starring Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett, stepped away from the main action, offering a melancholy vignette about companionship.
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A Quarter-Life Crisis Handled With Grace and Guts
MAAME, by Jessica George You can get a sense of Maddie Wright’s life from her Google searches, which pop up at regular intervals throughout Jessica George’s sparkling debut novel, “Maame.” Here are a few windows on her worried soul: “Is Parkinson’s ...
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Move Over, Pablo Neruda. Young Chileans Have a New Favorite Poet.
Gabriela Mistral, the first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize for literature, was long considered staid. A new generation is reclaiming her as an anti-establishment icon.
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In These Stories, Everyone Wants to Be Somewhere Else
The characters in “The Faraway World” seek connection in a disconnected world. Patricia Engel provides it in her own clever way.
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New York City and Its Discontents, in 3 New Books
Some of the most memorable fiction about sports centers on elite athletes with a penchant for the philosophical. They’re the main players in Chad Harbach’s “The Art of Fielding” (2011) and Don DeLillo’s “End Zone” (1972), and also in Matthew Salesses ...
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Demon Dolls, Lonely Dolls and Sex Dolls
An editor recommends old and new books.