After three decades of making albums, the Academy Award-winning songwriter is still blending science and poetry, still reaching out to younger artists and still learning.After…
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Gus and the cartel chase Nacho, Kim and Jimmy pursue Howard — and everyone is conning someone.Gus and the cartel chase Nacho, Kim and Jimmy…
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Piketty’s “A Brief History of Equality” looks at centuries of economic improvement and suggests new reforms for modern societies.Piketty’s “A Brief History of Equality” looks…
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The gift, from the estate of its founding chairman, H.F. Lenfest, will nearly double the Philadelphia museum’s endowment.The gift, from the estate of its founding…
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Matthew Continetti’s “The Right” traces the twists and turns of the right wing’s policies and philosophy.Matthew Continetti’s “The Right” traces the twists and turns of…
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Her images of victims on the streets of Palermo were stamped on the nation’s consciousness as she challenged the grip mobsters had on her native…
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In Claire Stanford’s “Happy for You,” a struggling academic joins an internet company building an algorithm to quantify human joy.In Claire Stanford’s “Happy for You,”…
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Two reissued works of fiction, “The Faces” and “The Trouble With Happiness,” upend domestic life in the Danish writer’s cutting, deadpan prose.Two reissued works of…
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“The Memory Librarian” translates the themes of her 2018 album, “Dirty Computer,” onto the page.“The Memory Librarian” translates the themes of her 2018 album, “Dirty…
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Lara Bazelon’s “Ambitious Like A Mother” is the latest addition to a tall pile of books for women who are pondering issues of employment and…
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