Eley Williams’s first novel follows characters living in London more than a century apart who toil to compile the same ill-fated dictionary.Eley Williams’s first novel…
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When the Hand That Rocks the Cradle Is Suspicious of the Baby Inside
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Just as the hosts’ holiday break was ending, President Trump asked Georgia’s secretary of state to “find” some more votes for him.Just as the hosts’…
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Roberts is known for her roles opposite Roger Moore in the James Bond movie “A View to a Kill,” and in the television shows “Charlie’s…
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One of the founders of Mabou Mines, he reveled in being an outsider even when his celebrated “The Gospel at Colonus” reached Broadway.One of the…
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For a time in the early ’60s, with songs like“Ferry Cross the Mersey,” “Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone,”…
View More Gerry Marsden, a Hitmaker With the Pacemakers, Dies at 78Plans to Raze Louis Kahn-Designed Dorms in India Are on Hold
After an outcry from preservationists and architects, the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad said that it would reconvene to consider the dorms’ future.After an…
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A 1976 TV movie that imagined years as people is a helpful reminder that a new page on the calendar is an arbitrary creation.A 1976…
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A contentious publishing experience left Laymon unsatisfied with his 2013 collection, “How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America.” Now he’s back with Take…
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France’s answer to “The Wire” and “Law & Order” begins its final season on MHz Choice.France’s answer to “The Wire” and “Law & Order” begins…
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