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The author, who died on Saturday, “had a knack for language of every variety,” our critic Dwight Garner writes. “His books hum with the flavorful…
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The Toraja people of southern Sulawesi, one of Indonesia’s largest islands, are known for their elaborate death rituals, which include preserving and exhuming the dead.The…
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Brahms, Wagner, even Sondheim: All have followed the great master in building their works from small bits of music.Brahms, Wagner, even Sondheim: All have followed…
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The movies, along with “A Clockwork Orange” and “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” are among 25 selected by the Library of Congress.The movies, along with “A…
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A documentary about the murder of the Guatemalan bishop Juan José Gerardi debuts on HBO. And two celebrity benefit shows air on CBS.A documentary about…
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Graham Greene called “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read.Graham…
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