Books & Culture
A Friend Died, Her Novel Unfinished. Could I Realize Her Vision?
Attempting to complete a beloved colleague’s work meant trying to see with her eyes and reckoning anew with her absence.
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Lahaina Hallelujah
A cartoonist reflects on his family’s roots in Maui and the devastation of the wildfire.
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André 3000 Disrupts Our Sense of Time
André Benjamin’s début solo album of deeply soothing instrumental music asks for little beyond our attention.
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The Intimate Reality of the J.F.K. Assassination
A visit to Dealey Plaza, after years of thinking and reading about the Kennedy assassination, came as a shock.
The Best Books We’ve Read in 2023 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
A Hidden Stash of Extraordinary Self-Portraits
A début monograph by Carla Williams lets the world in on a quietly thrilling collection of images that have been tucked away for nearly four decades.
Frederick Wiseman Reveals the Mighty Substance of Culinary Luxury
The nonagenarian’s new film, “Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros,” examines the social and aesthetic context of a world-famous three-star restaurant.
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The Morality of Having Kids in a Burning, Drowning World
Two recent books, “The Quickening” and “The Parenthood Dilemma,” consider the ethics of procreation in the age of man-made climate change.
Betye Saar Reassembles the Lives of Black Women
The artist restores depth and interiority to the caricatures of racism.
On “Higher,” Chris Stapleton Makes His Case for Love
The country star’s new album is concerned almost exclusively with affairs of the heart—but his gritty, determined voice never sounds sentimental.
The Search for Faith, in Three Plays
In “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea,” “Scene Partners,” and “Waiting for Godot,” characters seeking redemption skirt the fringes of belief and delusion.
Goings On
Shifting Sympathies in “Spain”
Also: The films of Jo Van Fleet, a Philip Glass dance showcase, an LCD Soundsystem tour, and more.
The Lasting Pleasures of New Haven Pizza
The city’s restaurants inspire pilgrimages and intense loyalties. Can their magic be replicated elsewhere?
Celebrating the Holidays in N.Y.C.
Favorite traditions light up the season, including “The Nutcracker,” Handel, a Yo La Tengo residency, and more.
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A Hidden Stash of Extraordinary Self-Portraits
A début monograph by Carla Williams lets the world in on a quietly thrilling collection of images that have been tucked away for nearly four decades.
Podcasts
A Rise in Antisemitism; and a Conversation with the A.I. Pioneer Geoffrey Hinton
The normalization of antisemitism has the potential to destabilize democracies, a historian says. Plus, the godfather of artificial intelligence on why his brainchild scares him.
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“Parker”: One Black Family’s Quest to Reclaim Their Name
A Kansas City family reunites to do something that countless African Americans before them could not do—choose their own last name.