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News
How Telling Stories to My Daughter Got Me Through the Darkest Times
I was nursing a 4-month-old baby when Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election in 2018. It was a disaster, and…
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Books
Helping a Child Navigate Grief? Open a Picture Book.
“But where did he go?” “Can she see us?” “Why didn’t Pop bring his glasses?” Kids have questions about death,…
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Arts
3,000 Readers Told Us Their Favorite Holiday Movie. Which Came Out on Top?
There’s no “Bah, humbug” here.
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Arts
‘Harmony’ Review: Barry Manilow Writes the (Broadway) Songs
The pop star of the 1970s and ’80s crosses over to musical theater with a dark story about pop stars…
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News
The Palestinian Republic of Fear and Misinformation
Many years ago, when I first started covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, I got to know a gifted Palestinian journalist who,…
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Arts
When Did the Plot Become the Only Way to Judge a Movie?
At the New York Film Festival, auteurs conjure up moods and sensory experiences that show why the story isn’t always…
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Books
Jhumpa Lahiri Translates the Varieties of Strangeness
In “Roman Stories,” written in Italian, nine protagonists have little in common except their foreignness.
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World
The Director of ‘Savior Complex’ on the Perils of ‘White Saviorism’
Jackie Jesko spoke about the subject of her HBO docu-series, a Christian missionary accused of playing doctor with the lives…
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Books
Read Your Way Through Missoula
Montana calls to storytellers: The cold clear waters of its rivers have carried the voices of its inhabitants from time…
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Books
What Does It Mean to Be a Witness?
In his new story collection, Jamel Brinkley investigates the impact of seeing and being seen.