A new novel considers the perplexing life and times of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who worked in the shadow of the Reich.
Category: Books and Literature
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Kwame Alexander on Bringing the Free Spirit of Jazz to Young Viewers
The latest in the author’s Acoustic Rooster franchise, a PBS Kids special and series aim to teach children the beauty of collaboration and improvisation.
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What the Cult Singer Daniel Johnston Left Behind
In his music, the songwriter cut to the emotional quick. A new book of his drawings, many never seen before, reveals he did the same in thousands of pieces.
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A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises
Daniel Kehlmann wrote “The Director” only to realize how loudly the moral quandaries faced by G.W. Pabst would resonate today.
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Bill Belichick’s Girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, Shuts Down Question About Their Relationship
The legendary football coach has never shared much with the news media, but on Sunday it was Jordon Hudson who shut down a line of questioning.
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The Best Artist Residencies to Escape and Focus on Creating
Yaddo may not be in the cards, but from a chateau near Paris to a California desert cabin, here are programs that foster writing, music and artistic talent and can be booked for days or weeks.
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Tina Knowles, Mother of Superstars, Owns Her Own Story
“Matriarch,” a memoir out Tuesday, explores the trials and hard-worn triumphs that shaped Beyoncé and Solange Knowles’s mom.
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How Impermanence Became Central to Japanese Thought
Transience has come to inform so much of Japan’s culture — even its sense of self.
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How Japanese Superfans Redefined What It Means to Be Obsessed
Otaku, people for whom hero worship is a way of life, have changed everyone’s relationship to the culture.
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Why Japan Is Best Experienced By Foot
In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.
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Herbert J. Gans, 97, Dies; Upended Myths on Urban and Suburban Life
A leading sociologist, he explored American society up close — living in a Levittown at one point — to gain insight into issues of race, class, the media and even the Yankees.