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Anjana Vasan Just Wants Stanley Tucci to Cook for Her
“Maybe I can engineer it where I work with him, and then he makes me a drink and a bowl…
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At the Royal Ballet, Taking the Measure of Ashton’s Genius
Many remarkable performances fueled the Royal’s mini-festival of ballets by Frederick Ashton, the company’s founding choreographer.
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How a Boston Physician Conquered the Thriller Genre
After getting her start by self-publishing, Freida McFadden is now the fastest selling thriller writer in the United States.
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Like Shakespeare’s Sonnets, ‘Practice’ Finds Beauty in Digression
Starring an undergraduate student at Oxford, Rosalind Brown’s debut novel is exquisitely attuned to the thrill and boredom of academic…
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Sure, Knowledge Is Power, but Ignorance Is Underrated
We crave knowledge. Only ostriches stick their heads in the sand. Right? Well, then, how can we explain the following?…
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Is Missouri About to Execute an Innocent Man?
On June 4, the Missouri Supreme Court set a September execution date for a man named Marcellus Williams. There’s a…
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An Ode to Gardens That’s Also a Bouquet of Ideas
In her latest book, Olivia Laing makes an impassioned case for the garden — as repository of natural beauty, as…
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A Love Letter to Cricket, the Bookish Child’s Bible
I first encountered Cricket, the literary magazine for children, at the home of my best friend, Elaine. Elaine was the…
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In New York City’s Subway System, There’s Beauty in the Mundane
“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik…
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This Veterinarian Makes House — and Penthouse — Calls
In her memoir, “Pets and the City,” Amy Attas reflects on three decades of caring for animals (and, by extension,…