In her second novel, “The Farewell Tour,” Stephanie Clifford follows a veteran singer who’s wrapping up a long career on her own terms.
Category: Books and Literature
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Building a New Canon of Black Literature
What older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered?
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How Great Art Gets Lost — and Found Again
The rediscovery of forgotten works always comes with the realization that they have been with us all along.
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Richard Anobile, Chronicler of the Marx Brothers, Dies at 76
He produced many books about film. But Groucho Marx tried to stop distribution of one they worked on together because he didn’t like seeing his salty and insulting remarks in print.
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C.S. Lewis’s Oxford: Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit
Discovering the Oxford where C.S. Lewis, the writer of over 30 books, including the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, found faith, inspiration and a life-changing friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.
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Why Fashion Can’t Get Enough of the Bloomsbury Group
The circle of artists, writers and intellectuals, which formed in the first half of the 20th century, continues to captivate designers.
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Letting Go of Her Ballet Dream
A writer confronts her “Nutcracker” childhood and the unforgiving culture that went with it.
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‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ and the Ballad of Making Rock ’n’ Roll TV
After more than a year of delays and adjustments, the big-budget adaptation of a best-selling novel about music, love and fame hopes to become this year’s irresistible streaming series.
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Do You Have to Be an Optimist to Work Toward a Better World?
For professionals in fields such as suicide prevention and climate science, the future can seem bleak. But sometimes action is the most effective form of optimism.
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Amiri Baraka’s ‘Blues People’ Comes Home to the Apollo
The trumpeter and composer Russell Gunn will premiere “The Blues and Its People,” a suite inspired by Baraka’s influential text, to mark its 60th anniversary.
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Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age
Whenever the human world is in trouble, our imagination turns to this creature: a hybrid beast that defies easy understanding.