At 13, I was a guy with breasts, and I needed to get rid of them to survive my upcoming teenage years.At 13, I was…
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What’s It Like to Inspire a Song?
What’s it like to be name-checked by Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Amy Winehouse, et al? We asked, among others, “our” Sharona.What’s it like to be name-checked…
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(TKTK)Live dance may largely be on hold, but there’s still beauty and catharsis outside of theaters, in the movements we encounter every day. We asked…
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It is overplayed all over pop culture. But the pianist Igor Levit says it is “one of the most beautiful pieces I know.”It is overplayed…
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Gabriel Byrne, known for his contemplative performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “In Treatment,” contends with his unlikely path to acting in his memoir, “Walking…
View More This Time, He Stars In His Own StoryA Comic Novel, a Mystery, a Love Story, a Melodrama — All About Words
Eley Williams’s first novel, “The Liar’s Dictionary,” is a hilarious and clever homage to the power of words, both real and imagined.Eley Williams’s first novel,…
View More A Comic Novel, a Mystery, a Love Story, a Melodrama — All About WordsErnest Cline Was ‘Raised by Screens.’ Look How Well He Turned Out!
With “Ready Player Two,” the novelist goes back to the future he created in “Ready Player One.”With “Ready Player Two,” the novelist goes back to…
View More Ernest Cline Was ‘Raised by Screens.’ Look How Well He Turned Out!Stephen Colbert Goes ‘Unexpectedly Live’
“It’s a horrifying day that will go down in U.S. history, however much longer that is,” Colbert said after President Trump incited a mob of…
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