Arts
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Popcast (Deluxe): Is TikTok Done? 4 Crises Holding the App Back
Subscribe to Popcast!Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube This week’s episode of Popcast (Deluxe), the weekly culture…
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Publishing Pledged to Diversify. Change Has Been Slow.
A new survey shows that more people of color are working in the book business, but the industry remains overwhelmingly…
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The Essential James Baldwin
James Baldwin would have turned 100 on Aug. 2 this year. His final works were published almost 40 years ago,…
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Philadelphia Orchestra’s Home to Be Renamed Marian Anderson Hall
Because of a $25 million gift, the venue, Verizon Hall, will be renamed to honor Anderson, a pioneering Black opera…
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In a Novelist’s Hands, a Herstory of England Is Delicious — but Not Sweet
In “Normal Women,” Philippa Gregory gives us nine centuries of real-life heroines, murderers, boxers and brides.
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The War Orphan and the Warmongering Alien
New books by Seth Dickinson, Heather Fawcett and Ray Nayler.
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The Authorities Don’t Need A.I. When Your Neighbors Will Narc on You
In “Means of Control” and “The Sentinel State,” modern governments wield high-tech snooping gear while relying on old methods of…
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In Justin Peck’s ‘Illinoise,’ Dance On and Feel It
Justin Peck was around 17 when he first heard the Sufjan Stevens album “Illinois,” an epic paean to the state,…
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In Defense of PG-13 Horror
Not everyone needs a scary movie that goes to the darkest extremes. Here’s why milder horror films can still pack…
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Between ‘Star Wars’ Trilogies, a Golden Age of Video Games
A remastered version of Star Wars: Dark Forces reminds gamers of a period in the 1990s when LucasArts could take…