Shanghai straddles the past and the future, a dizzying prism of many histories and cultures. The poet Sally Wen Mao shares books that illuminate this cosmopolitan city.
Category: Books and Literature
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‘Modern Love Podcast’: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love
The “Somebody Somewhere” star is tired of the same old love stories.
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John Leguizamo on His Play, ‘The Other Americans,’ and Latino Representation
The actor discusses his new play, “The Other Americans,” feeling underappreciated as a dramatist, and Latino representation.
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After 40 Years, the Pizza Hut Book It! Kids Are All Right
Pizza Hut’s Book It! literacy program, founded in 1984, has reached more than 70 million students — and counts the radio host Charlamagne Tha God among its fans.
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Charles Brandt, Whose Book Inspired ‘The Irishman,’ Dies at 82
“I Heard You Paint Houses,” his true-crime best seller about the death of Jimmy Hoffa, was brought to the screen by Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.
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Tish Weinstock on Her New Book, ‘How to Be a Goth’
The beauty editor Tish Weinstock wrote a book about “undead style.”
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Three New Books Make the Case for Music as Medicine
Three new books make the case for music as medicine. In “The Schubert Treatment,” the most lyrical of the trio, a cellist takes us bedside with the sick and the dying.
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Gary Indiana, Acerbic Cultural Critic and Novelist, Dies at 74
He made films, video art and photographs, but was best known as a pioneering art critic and mordant novelist.
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Antonio Skármeta, Who Wrote of Chile’s Tears and Turmoil, Dies at 83
His literary career traced the arc of his country’s modern political journey in stories about ordinary citizens facing repression and arbitrary government.
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Modern Love Turns 20!
To celebrate the Modern Love column’s 20th anniversary this month, we put together a special package of articles exploring the column’s history and impact.
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The Holocaust’s Grandchildren Are Speaking Now
Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.