Long-awaited novels from Kazuo Ishiguro, Imbolo Mbue and Viet Thanh Nguyen, a publishing-house caper, Stephen King’s latest and more.Long-awaited novels from Kazuo Ishiguro, Imbolo Mbue…
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Clown Princes: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall on ‘Coming 2 America’
The comic stars and longtime friends talk about their history together and their many, many roles in the original film and the new sequel.The comic…
View More Clown Princes: Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall on ‘Coming 2 America’He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway.
“Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder Us,” by Joseph Andras, revisits a thorny episode in the Algerian war of independence.“Tomorrow They Won’t Dare to Murder…
View More He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway.It’s Tom Stoppard’s World and We Don’t Live in It
The playwright David Ives reviews Hermione Lee’s latest biography, “Tom Stoppard,” which meticulously recounts an extraordinary life.The playwright David Ives reviews Hermione Lee’s latest biography,…
View More It’s Tom Stoppard’s World and We Don’t Live in ItStephen Colbert Didn’t Realize America Had Been Canceled
“Although I’m not surprised — the last season was pretty unbelievable,” Stephen Colbert said of CPAC’s 2021 theme: “America Uncanceled.”“Although I’m not surprised — the…
View More Stephen Colbert Didn’t Realize America Had Been CanceledFinding Art Miles Away From the Expected
Hanne Tierney has made her FiveMyles gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, both a beacon and an anchor for the neighborhood.Hanne Tierney has made her FiveMyles…
View More Finding Art Miles Away From the ExpectedIsrael’s Beaches Are Littered With Tar After Mysterious Oil Spill
The environmental damage is being called one of Israel’s worst ecological disasters in decades. “I feel like I want to cry,” said an official. “It’s…
View More Israel’s Beaches Are Littered With Tar After Mysterious Oil SpillBook Review: ‘The Sum of Us,’ by Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee’s compassionate but cleareyed book argues that divide-and-conquer tactics have left all Americans worse off.Heather McGhee’s compassionate but cleareyed book argues that divide-and-conquer tactics…
View More Book Review: ‘The Sum of Us,’ by Heather McGheeWhitney Lays Off 15 Workers Amid Mounting Financial Losses
“We don’t know how long this period of extreme difficulty will continue,” the museum’s director, Adam Weinberg, said in an email to staff.“We don’t know…
View More Whitney Lays Off 15 Workers Amid Mounting Financial LossesLawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 101
An unapologetic proponent of “poetry as insurgent art,” he was also a publisher and the owner of the celebrated San Francisco bookstore City Lights.An unapologetic…
View More Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Poet Who Nurtured the Beats, Dies at 101