Crowds can be mindless, even dangerous. But that feeling of losing yourself as you experience art together hasn’t been replicated since live entertainment went online.Crowds…
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One Novel. Three Generations. All of Life’s Challenges and Joys.
In Thomas Grattan’s “The Recent East,” three generations of one family sort through the muck of life — challenges, joys and all — as they…
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But the nominees include many independent films, after BAFTA overhauled its voting processes to rectify all-white, all-male shortlists.But the nominees include many independent films, after…
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Phillip Kennedy Johnson begins his run on Superman this week. First up: a two-part story about the hero, his son and his succession.Phillip Kennedy Johnson…
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The author Brit Bennett speaks about Nella Larsen’s 1929 classic.The author Brit Bennett speaks about Nella Larsen’s 1929 classic.Read MoreLarsen, Nella, Bennett, Brit, Books and…
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In “The Fourth Child,” Jessica Winter conjures a complicated Buffalo clan that adopts an equally complicated second daughter from Romania.In “The Fourth Child,” Jessica Winter…
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Three very different new novels consider the human toll of conflict.Three very different new novels consider the human toll of conflict.Read MoreBooks and Literature, Ackerman,…
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In Jackie Polzin’s debut novel, “Brood,” a woman turns to chickens for solace after loss.In Jackie Polzin’s debut novel, “Brood,” a woman turns to chickens…
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“My Heart,” by Semezdin Mehmedinovic, is a daunting account of how existence can take a sudden turn for the worse, with memory following suit.“My Heart,”…
View More Book Review: ‘My Heart,’ by Semezdin Mehmedinovic‘Celebrating the Spirit of Womanhood’, an online art exhibition offers a new perspective
Offering a fresh perspective to art, national and international artists pay an ode to the spirit of womanhood in a virtual art showOffering a fresh…
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