Tag: Books and Literature
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Gary Fisketjon Has Died. He Edited Ellis, Tartt, McInerney and McCarthy.
A champion of slow, methodical editing and long working relationships with writers, he was regarded as one of the best of his generation. He was 72.
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M. John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ Wins Booker Prize
M. John Harrison’s dystopian tale “The End of Everything” beat out higher profile books by Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart.
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China Is Not Happy About Fan-made A.I. Videos of Sun Wukong and Lin Daiyu
Mash-up videos of beloved characters from Chinese classics — some made with A.I. — have caught the attention of the authorities.
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Book Review: ‘Princes and Thieves,’ by Matthew Cole
The new book by the reporter Matthew Cole connects $2 billion in slush funds from gulf state leaders to Trump’s son-in-law in an effort to influence U.S. policy.
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Bob Woodward Criticizes Jeff Bezos in New Memoir
Six takeaways from a new memoir by Mr. Woodward, the star Washington Post reporter, including his disappointment with the newspaper’s billionaire owner.
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Ellie Kemper: Nora Ephron Wrote to Amuse Herself
The actress and comedian riffs on the essay Nora Ephron wrote for The Times in 2008.
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The Man Who Taught Us How to Pay Attention
The works of the British art critic John Berger offer the antidote to our age of infinite scrolling.
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Why I Canceled Russian Culture for Myself
A Russified education did not forbid access to my own culture, it just quietly weakened my instinct to reach for it.
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Why Anne Carson, the New Nobel Laureate, Is the Easiest Difficult Poet
Carson has mind-boggling range and formal audacity, our poetry columnist writes, but however much she toys with obscurity she remains too hilarious to be intimidating.
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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.