Month: April 2023
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Food
Expanding the Witherspoon Television Universe
“The Last Thing He Told Me” and “Tiny Beautiful Things,” both executive produced by Reese Witherspoon, tell mother-daughter stories in…
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Food
‘Everything Went Fine’ Review: To Be or Not to Be?
This French drama about a woman whose father wants a medically assisted death is both bracingly unsentimental and a touch…
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Food
A Swashbuckling Tale of Mutiny Took Him Where ‘the Soul of Man Dies’
“The Wager,” David Grann’s new book, is as much a rousing adventure as an exploration of the power of narratives…
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Food
Clint Smith’s Back-to-Back, Genre-Spanning Best Sellers
In 2021, “How the Word Is Passed” was on the hardcover nonfiction list for five weeks. Now Smith is back…
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Food
A Brother-in-Law Explores a Family Tragedy
Using journals left behind by his idol and mentor, Daniel Wallace tries to make sense of the inexplicable.
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Food
Charles Frazier Wants You to Wait Before Reading the Classics
What books are on your night stand? “In the Café of Lost Youth,” by Patrick Modiano; “Sleepless Nights,”by Elizabeth Hardwick;…
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World
Mary Quant, Fashion Icon and Mother of the Miniskirt, Dies at 93
As a designer, clad in her signature playclothes and boots, with huge painted eyes, fake freckles and a distinctive bob,…
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Magazine
When Your Boss Is an App
Listen to This Article Audio Recording by AudmBrenda Handy started doing temp work nearly 40 years ago. Back then, landing…
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on Cheating at Pub Trivia
The judge brings clarity to a gray area in the photo round.
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Magazine
Poem: On Jasmine
Verity Spott’s “On Jasmine” gathers its energy, as a storm does, until ordinary acts assume extraordinary proportions. The poem operates…