Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light,” a new “Bridget Jones” and Michael Bond’s Paddington Bear series are some of this year’s most anticipated adaptations.
Category: Books and Literature
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Naomi Watts Thinks David Bowie Was Onto Something
“The first album I ever bought was ‘Hunky Dory,’” said the actress and author, “and all those songs, every single one, is amazing.”
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The Ultimate Neko Case Primer
Listen to 10 songs by the golden voiced, poetic singer-songwriter.
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Nathalie Dupree, ‘Queen of Southern Cooking,’ Dies at 85
As a cookbook author, TV personality and mentor, she sought to burst the chicken-fried stereotype of the South. Sometimes her life was as messy as her kitchen.
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Neko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She’s Telling Hers in a Memoir.
In “The Harder I Fight the More I Love You,” the singer and songwriter outlines the personal and professional challenges that have shaped her career.
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‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Hank Azaria’s Advice for Overcoming Codependency
After his divorce devastated him, Azaria, a well-known voice actor, “dated himself” for a year.
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Gay Talese Keeps Notes, Especially on Everyone’s Clothes
In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits. “Clothes matter — especially when you get old,” he says.
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Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth
She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings.”
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The Secret of Life Is Not to Be Frightened
The writer and painter Frederic Tuten, 88, insists, “I’m beginning again.”
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The Secret of Life Is Not to Be Frightened
The writer and painter Frederic Tuten, 88, insists, “I’m beginning again.”
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What to Watch and Read if You’re Into ‘American Primeval’
This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a supplementary guide.
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Sarah Hoover Dishes on Her Life with Tom Sachs in a New Memoir
In a new memoir, Sarah Hoover grapples with the uglier moments that she and her husband, the artist Tom Sachs, have faced while navigating parenthood.