Montreal is a city as appealing for its beauty as for its shadows. Here, the novelist Mona Awad recommends books that are “both dreamy and uncompromising.”
Category: Books and Literature
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In China, Ruled by Men, Women Quietly Find a Powerful Voice
Women in Shanghai gather in bars, salons and bookstores to reclaim their identities as the country’s leader calls for China to adopt a “childbearing culture.”
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With ‘All Fours,’ Miranda July Experiments in Fiction and in Life
In “All Fours,” her first novel in almost 10 years, the writer, artist and filmmaker considers freedom — sexual and otherwise.
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Is ‘The Idea of You’ Harry Styles Fan Fiction?
The filmmakers do more to align star and character than the novel did. But somehow that doesn’t make the movie indebted to the musician.
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The Romance Novelist, His Muse and a ‘Healing’ Plot Twist
After their 2021 wedding, John Murray and Kimberlee Stevenson experienced much heartbreak. Now comes joy.
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A Starry Cast Navigates ‘Uncle Vanya’ and ‘Every Emotion Under the Sun’
Steve Carell, William Jackson Harper, Alison Pill and Anika Noni Rose discuss the new translation of Chekhov that brought them to the farm.
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For Maxine Hong Kingston, Age Is Just Time Going By
At 83, the novelist and professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, likes to “go into the new.”
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New York Botanical Garden Creates a ‘Wonderland’ Adventure
A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.
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Kathleen Hanna Reveals the Story of Her Life in ‘Rebel Girl’
In “Rebel Girl,” the punk frontwoman reveals the story of her life — the men who tried to stop her, the women who kept her going and the boy who made her a mother.
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Kaia Gerber Stars in Guido Palau’s Very Pixelated Book of Wigs
With the model Kaia Gerber, the hairstylist Guido Palau created a “low-fi” project about the transformative power of hair.
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A24 Makeup Artist Shares Her Tricks In New Book, ‘Beauty of the Beast’
Emily Schubert has done makeup and prosthetics on movies like “Uncut Gems” and “Good Time.” She shares her tricks in a new book with A24.
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Harvard’s Taylor Swift Scholars Have Thoughts on ‘The Tortured Poets Department’
The students taking Harvard University’s class on the singer are studying up. Their final papers are due at the end of the month.