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When the front page of the newspaper is getting me down, I can feel at least somewhat buoyed by remembering that we live in a world that can produce such profoundly touching and empathetic works of art as Kevin Puts’s “The Hours”.
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To have such a remarkably courageous voice as Lucette Lagnado’s silenced forever at such a young age is, simply, not fair.
Read MoreBut make no mistake about these two novels; they are not just delicious, hilarious capers. They glow in the mind because they are informed by Elizabeth Jolley’s understanding of our common loneliness and her sympathy with the myriad, ingenious connections we make to try to alleviate it. The Sugar Mother by Elizabeth Jolley. Persea Books,…
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Host Elizabeth Howard talks to Stephanie Dockery, who manages Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Public Art Challenge, about how cities across the country are making use of public art projects.
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Elizabeth Howard talks to “Book Post” editor and critic Ann Kjellberg about the value of literary criticism as a form of sustained reflection.
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This is a rare script that focuses, equally, on emotional depth and scientific wonder.
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Despite the charges of some purists, jazz was alive in the hands of a few veterans at Newport Jazz 2024, as well as newcomers sharing their own voices in the tradition.
Read MoreEditor Jon Stallworthy’s preference in this superb anthology is for poems that question, or provoke questions about, war.
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It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Dan O’Brien’s “True Story: A Trilogy” represents a distinctive achievement in theater history.
Read MoreThe standard view of Kafka reduces him to the patron saint of neurotics.
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