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Category: Books and Literature
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On the Road With ‘The Outsiders,’ Where the Greasers and Socs Rumbled
It’s one of the best-selling Y.A. novels of all time and a star-studded Coppola movie from the ’80s. On its way to Broadway, the show’s cast and creators paid S.E. Hinton a visit.
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“Poor Things,” the Weird Movie, Was “Poor Things” the Weird Novel, First
The Oscar-nominated film is based on a 1992 book by the prolific Scotsman Alasdair Gray. Beloved by writers, “that’s not the same as being widely read,” says one of them.
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Leslie Jamison’s Memoir ‘Splinters’ Is a Balancing Act of Self-Exposure
The essayist Leslie Jamison has become known for her careful balancing acts of self-exposure.
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Ode to Punk Rock ‘Sex God’ Richard Hell
“A Year on Earth With Mr. Hell,” a first-time author’s account of her affair with Richard Hell, has become a cult hit. He’s not happy about it.
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Book Review: ‘What Have We Here?,’ by Billy Dee Williams
His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way.
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Why We’re Living in an Age of Twins
Mirroring, mimicking and doubling are everywhere these days. What does this say about our collective sense of identity?
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Book Review: “Cocktails With George and Martha” by Philip Gefter
With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn’t easy. “Cocktails With George and Martha” pours out the details.
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Poets React to Taylor Swift’s New ‘Tortured Poets Department’ Album
The title of Taylor Swift’s next album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” spurred strong responses from a typically quiet bunch.
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Jack Jennings, P.OW. Who Helped Build Burma Railway, Dies at 104
He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was one of thousands of prisoners whose hardships were the basis for the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”
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David J. Skal, Scholar Who Took Horror Seriously, Dies at 71
In books like “The Monster Show” and “Screams of Reason,” he examined the cultural significance of movies meant to scare the bejesus out of people.