Books
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Even the Idea of Motherhood Is Lonely
DIARY OF A VOID, by Emi Yagi, translated by David Boyd and Lucy North Blame it on social media, on…
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The Heady Nihilism of Kotaro Isaka
THREE ASSASSINS, by Kotaro Isaka, translated by Sam Malissa The killings that take place in “Three Assassins” — and there…
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Investigators Say Collector Had Suspect Art and Lots of Chutzpah
For years, Georges Lotfi made himself a valuable source of information to prosecutors investigating the global trafficking of looted antiquities…
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Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Dominates the Album and Singles Charts
For her last two solo albums, Beyoncé turned the music business on its head by rewriting the standard marketing playbook.…
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What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Princess’ and ‘Password’
Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is a vast one. Here are some of the shows, specials…
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Rescuing Art in Ukraine with Foam, Crates and Cries for Help
LVIV, Ukraine — A month after the Russian army invaded Ukraine, the photographer Roman Metelskiy stood on the platform of…
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Review: A New ‘Ring’ at Bayreuth Does Wagner Without Magic
BAYREUTH, Germany — About 150 years ago, in a megalomaniac’s coup, Richard Wagner built a theater on a hilltop here…
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In Defense of ‘Diana,’ the Show We Didn’t Deserve
Broadway’s comeback season was a hurricane. Not even the heavily awarded revival of a Sondheim favorite like “Company” could withstand…
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Watch Daniel Kaluuya Face a U.F.O. in ‘Nope’
In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key scenes in their…
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The Composer Huang Ruo on Illusion and Betrayal in ‘M. Butterfly’
The question from the Chinese-born composer Huang Ruo came out of the blue: Would David Henry Hwang, the American playwright,…