In a decadent new Starz drama, the two actors play young versions of literature’s most poisoned and poisonous power couple.
Category: Books and Literature
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In ‘Dangerous Liaisons,’ Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton Play the Game
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Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49
The New York Times – Movies:She documented her attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a popular blog that became a best-selling book and a hit movie.
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Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels
The New York Times – Music:The artist’s studio and living space, created with his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, houses a one-man assembly line of affordable art — enough to fill a new book.
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We’re Reading Michael Cunningham’s ‘Specimen Days’ With the Author
The New York Times – T Magazine:Join us Dec. 8 for a virtual conversation on this novel about love, yearning, transcendence and America.
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John Jay Osborn Jr., Author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ Dies at 77
The New York Times – Movies:His 1971 novel became a movie, with John Houseman giving an award-winning performance as the imperious Professor Kingsfield, and later a television series.
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Read Your Way Through Istanbul
The New York Times – Travel:Istanbul is unfathomable: old and new, real and surreal, melancholic and absurd. Elif Shafak, one of its foremost novelists, reveals its secrets.
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Eight Works to Take in After or Alongside Toni Morrison’s ‘Jazz’
The New York Times – T Magazine:The author consumed countless archival articles, essays, poems and even Sunday school programs to get a feel for the Harlem Renaissance. Here is some reading to help you do the same.
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Madhur Jaffrey’s Undefinable Roles
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:The chef, author and actress, whose children’s book, “Seasons of Splendour,” was reissued this month, refuses to be boxed in.
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How Toni Morrison Wrote Her Most Challenging Novel
The New York Times – T Magazine:‘Jazz’ is a roaming, musical book, writes the poet Morgan Parker. It reads differently than the author’s others and is said to have been her favorite.
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Review: In This ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Music, Moors and Untamed Spirits
The New York Times – Movies:Emma Rice’s glorious stage adaptation of Emily Brontë’s novel is a feat of storytelling, with a singing and dancing chorus embodying the moors.
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Beyond Borders: A Deep Dive Into the Nomadic Way of Life
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Anthony Sattin, the author of a new book on nomadic groups, discusses how contemporary travelers and digital nomads can learn a few things from traditional cultures.