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“Maybe the People Would Be the Times,” “The Age of Skin,” “Mobile Home” and “The Best of Brevity” break down a complicated world.“Maybe the People…

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With trans-Atlantic travel all but suspended, the closest you can get to Paris may be onscreen. These movies will take you there.With trans-Atlantic travel all…

View More 10 French Movies That Can Transport You to Paris

In the coming days, the team will cover two major awards and reveal two year-end lists. There’s also a certain presidential memoir coming out. Two…

View More An Epic Week for the Books Desk

Three new books on race and relationships explore how white attitudes about sex and emotions have shaped our history.Three new books on race and relationships…

View More Dissecting Black Love, White Tears and Racialized Sexual Panic

In Alecia McKenzie’s new novel, “A Million Aunties,” a Black painter seeks solace from personal tragedy in the arms of his Jamaican community.In Alecia McKenzie’s…

View More In the Caribbean and Beyond, Aunties Are So Much More Than Just Family

The author didn’t know when she’d be able to work again in America. So she was thrilled to go to Helsinki to help stage a…

View More Diary of an American in Finland, Doing ‘Essential’ Work in Ballet

The museum’s director recruited the designer Thomas Jayne to bring new life to the Federal-style Chandler Farm, the house where her family lives.The museum’s director…

View More A ‘Surprising and Unexpected’ Update at Winterthur

Punashchetana, an exhibit by Bengaluru-based Shenoy Art Foundation, features 16 artists and their perception of the ‘new normal’Punashchetana, an exhibit by Bengaluru-based Shenoy Art Foundation,…

View More Punashchetana embodies artists’ take on lockdown