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Arts
How a 1933 Book About Jews in Magic Was Rescued From Oblivion
Richard Hatch was searching the card catalog of the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, hunting for intriguing titles under the…
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Books
A Proud Texan Reckons With Her State’s Complicated Past
In her new book, Jessica Goudeau confronts a history of racism and violence in Texas through an investigation of her…
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Books
What We Think About When We Think About Joni Mitchell
In her new book, “Traveling,” the music critic Ann Powers offers a highly personal, even confessional, meditation on Mitchell’s life,…
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News
What J.D. Vance Believes
In 2016, J.D. Vance’s best-selling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” made him one of America’s leading interpreters of Trumpism, offering a personal…
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Books
Trump Nephew to Publish Memoir in July
Fred C. Trump III’s “All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way” will hit shelves months…
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Arts
On Broadway, ‘Suffs’ Has a New Tune (and 6 Tony Nominations)
A reworked opening number, less historical bulk and a general push to “have fun with these women” helped a musical…
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Books
25 Years Ago, ‘Hannibal’ Marked the Rise of a New Kind of Blockbuster
Thomas Harris’s book came at a pivotal moment: One of the last smash hits of the ’90s, it was also…
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Books
An Essayist Who Revels in Glorious Chaos
In her third essay collection, the poet and critic Elisa Gabbert celebrates literature and life through a voracious engagement with…
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News
Bob Kelley, Who Made the Kelley Blue Book an Authority on Cars, Dies at 96
He knew all the data that went into determining a vehicle’s price, but he insisted that it was as much…
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Finance
Terry Robards, 84, Dies; Lifted Fine Wines in America as a Times Critic
In columns and notably “The New York Times Book of Wine,” he introduced Americans to European and premium domestic varieties…