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A Whitney Biennial of Shadow and Light
After a year’s Covid delay, the latest Whitney Biennial has pulled into…
12 New Books Coming in April
Drawing on the lives and struggles of many pioneering artists — Alice…
The Violinist Natalie Hodges Writes About Her Devotion to Music
Even with less challenging work, Hodges would subconsciously self-sabotage, she suggests, always choosing…
18 New Works of Fiction to Read This Spring
This season, watch for new books by Emily St. John Mandel, Chris…
Dutch Publisher of ‘The Betrayal of Anne Frank’ Halts Publication
Ms. de Gorter said she had shared this information with the team,…
Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s Turbulent Relationship, Retold With Compassion
There have been many, many previous biographies of Leigh and several of…
National Book Critics Circle Names 2021 Award Winners
Anthony Veasna So’s short-story collection “Afterparties,” which centers on the lives of…
The Many Uses (and Abuses) of Shame
Its absence can be liberating or terrifying, depending on where you sit.…
A New York City Childhood Leads to Anxiety and Jokes in ‘What’s So Funny?’
Chast’s book was a graphic memoir, told using her art; in Sipress’s…
