Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Read MoreBooks and Literature, The Body: A Guide for Occupants (Book),…
View More New in Paperback: ‘Weather’ and ‘The Making of a Miracle’Category: Culture & Traditions
‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and Splendor
Andrea Pitzer’s new book resurrects the story of William Barents’s 16th-century expeditions to the Arctic.Andrea Pitzer’s new book resurrects the story of William Barents’s 16th-century…
View More ‘Icebound’ Takes Us Back to the Arctic, in All Its Terror and SplendorLate Night Is Unimpressed by Titanic-Fleeing Republicans
“Resigning with two weeks left feels less like some moral stand and more like leaving early to beat traffic,” Jimmy Fallon said of the departing…
View More Late Night Is Unimpressed by Titanic-Fleeing Republicans‘Mean Girls’ Won’t Return to Broadway
Adapted by Tina Fey from her 2004 film, the musical played 834 performances. A national tour is expected to resume when theaters reopen.Adapted by Tina…
View More ‘Mean Girls’ Won’t Return to BroadwaySimon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s Book
The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican’s upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential…
View More Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s BookWhat Makes a French Comedy One of the Greatest Films of All Time?
“The Rules of the Game,” directed by Jean Renoir, may not seem revolutionary, but thanks to its balance of form and content, it’s an enduring…
View More What Makes a French Comedy One of the Greatest Films of All Time?Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Towering Figure in Urdu Literature, Dies at 85
A poet, scholar, historian, critic and novelist, he was credited with the revival of Urdu literature, especially from the 18th and 19th centuries. He died…
View More Shamsur Rahman Faruqi, Towering Figure in Urdu Literature, Dies at 85Shakespeare, Swing and Louis Armstrong. So What Went Wrong?
Three theaters are exploring “Swingin’ the Dream,” which tanked on Broadway in 1939, but opens a window on the racial and artistic dynamics of its…
View More Shakespeare, Swing and Louis Armstrong. So What Went Wrong?How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father
“My late father considered the Bible the inerrant Word of God ghostwritten by a single privileged eyewitness from creation to revelation. I explained, no, it…
View More How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His FatherJean Valentine, Minimalist Poet With Maximum Punch, Dies at 86
A former New York State Poet, she won the National Book Award and was a Pulitzer finalist for poems in which small details could accrue…
View More Jean Valentine, Minimalist Poet With Maximum Punch, Dies at 86