Documentary photography, which fell out of favor with the rise of manipulated images, is making a comeback, on view at the International Center of Photography.…
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Weddings: Four Decades Later, a Face From the Dorm
Mary Young and Kenneth Davis were acquaintances at Millsaps College in the 1970s, then went separate ways. They reconnected and romance bloomed.Mary Young and Kenneth…
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Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Read MoreBooks and Literature, At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude…
View More New in Paperback: ‘Blowout’ and ‘The Last Trial’Darwin’s Dim View of the Second Sex
The father of evolutionary theory held women to be intellectually inferior to men, with one notable exception. Michael Sims explains.The father of evolutionary theory held…
View More Darwin’s Dim View of the Second SexChang-rae Lee’s Global Revision of the Suburban Novel
“My Year Abroad” follows a young man from a transformative stint in Asia to his pursuit of happiness in a quiet American town.“My Year Abroad”…
View More Chang-rae Lee’s Global Revision of the Suburban NovelLenny Kravitz, Michael J. Fox, Cicely Tyson and Gabriel Byrne — All in Their Own Words
Listen to the latest celebrity memoirs in (mostly) their own recognizable voices.Listen to the latest celebrity memoirs in (mostly) their own recognizable voices.Read MoreBooks and…
View More Lenny Kravitz, Michael J. Fox, Cicely Tyson and Gabriel Byrne — All in Their Own WordsDocumentary Looks at Britney Spears’ Legal Battle With Dad
While looking at the pop star’s legal struggles for a new Times documentary, I was struck by the media culture of a bygone era.While looking…
View More Documentary Looks at Britney Spears’ Legal Battle With DadTrevor Noah: Marjorie Taylor Greene Deleted Her Browser History IRL
The congresswoman disavowed some of her outlandish statements. But Noah says she’s “so crazy that her saying that 9/11 happened makes me go, ‘Wait, did…
View More Trevor Noah: Marjorie Taylor Greene Deleted Her Browser History IRL2 Picture Books Celebrate the Poetry and Promise of Black Lives
In “Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter” and “The ABCs of Black History,” U is for Unfinished.In “Have I Ever Told You Black…
View More 2 Picture Books Celebrate the Poetry and Promise of Black LivesSandie Crisp, ‘Goddess Bunny’ of the Underground Scene, Dies at 61
She became a muse among the Hollywood avant-garde, appearing in movies, music videos and photographs. She died of Covid-19.She became a muse among the Hollywood…
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