THE GRANDDAUGHTER, by Bernhard Schlink. Translated by Charlotte Collins. When it comes to women revealing what they really think about their families after they die, it’s...
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PLAYWORLD, by Adam Ross Before “adulting,” there were grown-ups: a word even more squiggly, if you think about it, and one that in Adam Ross’s new...
Richard Foreman, the relentlessly teasing, deliberately mysterious avant-garde playwright and impresario who founded the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, won a bookshelf full of Obie Awards and received a...
Tom Johnson, a composer and critic whose Village Voice columns documented the renaissance of avant-garde music in downtown New York during the 1970s, and whose own...
Jeff Baena, the director and screenwriter who co-wrote the dark comedy “I Heart Huckabees,” and who directed films including “Life After Beth” and “Horse Girl,” died...
Dear readers, When a friend forwarded some fresh ridiculous news about billionaires recently — you might have heard it’s a gangbusters time to be one —...
THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE COMMON OCTOPUS, by Emma Knight As a British reader, I am admittedly fussy when it comes to mysteries that take place...
Even given this post-#MeToo climate, it’s doubtful so many of these films would be made were the culture not rethinking what menopause means and can look...
Fable, a popular app for talking about and tracking books, is changing the way it creates personalized summaries for its users after complaints that an artificial...
