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Art & Culture
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In the days after much of the coastal city of Derna, Libya, was washed away…
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Drivers in Los Angeles heading north on La Cienega Boulevard these days might notice a…
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PENANCE, by Eliza Clark “Penance,” Eliza Clark’s sophomore novel, begins with a fictional but realistic…
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THE ILIAD, by Homer. Translated by Emily Wilson. “War is a task for men,” the…
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THE INVISIBLE WORLD, by Nora Fussner Ghost stories often start with a bump in the…
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Money, prestige and fame were deciding factors when the comedian Maria Bamford first considered writing…
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In that work, listeners were offered short, droning chords, as well as polyphonic ensemble passages…
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Moving to New York is almost always a decision informed partly by fantasy. It’s impossible…
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Season 7, Episode 7: ‘DMV’ Well, that was a nasty bit of business. One of…

