SZA, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, the indie supergroup boygenius and the eclectic bandleader Jon Batiste…
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Before the war (the First World War, I mean; with so many wars one can…
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Book Review: ‘The Little Match Girl Strikes Back,’ by Emma Carroll, and ‘Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door,’ by Cary Fagan
One might think Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl,” an 1845 tear-jerker about a…
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Five new picture books all contemplate nothingness. From emptiness to absence to an intangible rhinoceros,…
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Book Review: ‘I’m a Fan,’ by Sheena Patel; ‘Candelaria,’ by Melissa Lozada-Oliva; ‘And Then She Fell,’ by Alicia Elliott
Sheena Patel’s I’M A FAN (Graywolf, 203 pp., paperback, $17) is an impolite novel about…
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“The Death of Cardinal Beaufort,” a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds depicting a scene from…
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“When the actors heard a deal had been reached, they gasped, screamed, laughed, cried, and…
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Linda R. Hirshman, a union lawyer turned law and philosophy professor turned feminist provocateur, author…
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In France, a robust appetite is a virtue if not a heroic trait. Eating gratifies…
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Our yearning for answers and the limits of knowing are at the heart of the…

