Books
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To Restore Order, a Troubled Dance Company Calls on a Storyteller
Christian Spuck, a choreographer of narrative ballets, has taken the helm at the Staatsballett Berlin after years of strife for…
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Is It a Moral Awakening or Just One Man’s Midlife Crisis?
In Rupert Thomson’s new novel, “Dartmouth Park,” the sound of a mundane beep triggers in one man what may be…
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A Historical Novel That Is Also a Mash-Up of the Centuries
Adam Thirlwell’s “The Future Future” follows a 19-year-old socialite through a prerevolutionary Paris that looks suspiciously like our present day.
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Did the C.I.A. Kill Patrice Lumumba?
In “The Lumumba Plot,” the Foreign Affairs editor Stuart A. Reid asks whether the Central Intelligence Agency was involved in…
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A Russian Journalist’s Love Letter to Her People
“I Love Russia,” a collection of Elena Kostyuchenko’s reporting over the past 15 years, captures the lives of ordinary, often…
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A History of Chinese Food, and a Sensory Feast
Fuchsia Dunlop’s “Invitation to a Banquet” is a cultural investigation of an impossibly broad and often misunderstood cuisine.
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John Stamos Is Done With Being Someone’s Idea of John Stamos
John Stamos wants to read you a story. In fact, he insists. Sure, you could pore over the 352 pages…
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The 50 Best TV Shows on Netflix Right Now
New shows come to the streaming giant all the time — too many to ever watch them all. We’re here…
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Bad Bunny Looks Back and Hunkers Down
On his fifth solo album, “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana,” the Puerto Rican megastar circles back to…
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Stark Gender Imbalance at U.S. Opera Companies Extends Beyond Podiums
A new report found that women are dramatically underrepresented when it comes to conducting, directing and designing operas at leading…