The pianist Paul Lewis picks his favorite page of Brahms’s late solos, a work of “abject anguish.”The pianist Paul Lewis picks his favorite page of…
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Why Book Ban Efforts Are Spreading Across the U.S.
Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.Challenges to books about sexual and…
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Haigh’s latest book, “Mercy Street,” is set at a women’s clinic in Boston where the threat of violence is pervasive.Haigh’s latest book, “Mercy Street,” is…
View More Guns, Race, Abortion: Jennifer Haigh’s New Novel Humanizes Hot-Button TopicsTito Matos, Virtuoso of a Puerto Rican Sound, Dies at 53
A lifelong champion of the plena genre, he helped rejuvenate it for a new generation both in Puerto Rico and in New York.A lifelong champion…
View More Tito Matos, Virtuoso of a Puerto Rican Sound, Dies at 53Laziness, Sleuthing and Surfing
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Group texts became a social lifeline early in the pandemic. But all conversations must eventually come to an end.Group texts became a social lifeline early…
View More Group Chats Are Falling ApartHow Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About China
The author of nine books was born in America to Chinese immigrants, and she felt the country’s pull as she put together her new story…
View More How Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About ChinaJoni Mitchell Plans to Follow Neil Young Off Spotify, Citing ‘Lies’
“Irresponsible people are spreading lies that are costing people their lives,” she wrote after the site was accused of spreading vaccine misinformation.“Irresponsible people are spreading…
View More Joni Mitchell Plans to Follow Neil Young Off Spotify, Citing ‘Lies’Beegie Adair, a Jazz Master in Country Music’s Capital, Dies at 84
In a city defined by honky-tonks and string ties, she had a 60-year career as a jazz pianist and a mainstay of the local scene.In…
View More Beegie Adair, a Jazz Master in Country Music’s Capital, Dies at 84‘The Exiles’ and ‘Nanny’ Win Top Prizes at Sundance
A documentary revisiting dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre and a horror film about an undocumented domestic worker took the U.S. Grand Jury prizes at…
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