Books
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The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement
In his debut novel, “The New Life,” Tom Crewe reimagines the lives of two pioneers who studied, and supported, homosexuality…
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In the ‘Cozy Catastrophe’ Novel, the End of the World Is Not So Bad
Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in…
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‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’
surfacing ‘The Unheard Symphony of the Planet’ Using a tiny device called a Raspberry Shake, people around the world are…
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One Indelible Scene: A Donkey’s Escape in ‘EO’
About a third into his story, the hero of “EO” — a small gray donkey — trots into a forest.…
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Gangsta Boo, Memphis Rapper Formerly With Three 6 Mafia, Dies at 43
Born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, she was one of the first female rappers to build off the gangster rap image and…
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‘Avatar’ and the Headache of High Frame Rate Filmmaking
Why do James Cameron and others experiment with this? Intended to eliminate blur, it is actually unnerving in scenes involving…
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What a 1985 Novel Can Tell Us About Life in the 2020s: Almost Everything
Noah Baumbach’s funny and very stylish film adaptation of “White Noise” is a great invitation to return to the source…
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10 New Books Coming in January
Age of Vice, by Deepti Kapoor The fates of three people in New Delhi converge in this high-octane new novel.…
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‘Terrorist’ — to Whom?
BROTHERLESS NIGHT, by V. V. Ganeshananthan The word “terrorist,” or some variation thereof, shows up six times on the opening…
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Librarians Are Meeting Younger Readers Where They Are: TikTok
The pandemic hurt children’s reading skills. Librarians are doing what it takes to connect them with books — including dance…