Books
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It’s the Perelman Performing Arts Center, But Bloomberg Gave More
It looked like it was never going to happen. Year after year, plans to build a cultural institution on the…
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‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Is a TV Rarity With Familiar Drama
Netflix’s latest dating reality show hit, which wrapped up on Wednesday, broke ground by focusing exclusively on queer and nonbinary…
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Cisco Swank ‘Is Black Music. All of It.’
The 23-year-old pianist, drummer and rapper puts a pandemic-era spin on jazz-rap on his debut, “More Better,” and he always…
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John Mellencamp Just Might Punch You
The irascible rocker, now 71, reflects on how America plays into his music, his relationship to his biggest hits and…
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Hardcore Punk Is Looking (and Sounding) Different Now
People of color, women and queer musicians are remaking hardcore’s longstanding image of white, male aggression — and producing some…
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Was Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Originally ‘Mongolian Rhapsody’?
One of Freddie Mercury’s early drafts, which is being auctioned by Sotheby’s, shows that he crossed out “Mongolian” and substituted…
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In ‘Fancy Bear Goes Phishing,’ Tales of Harmful Hacks
A new book by Scott J. Shapiro, a law and philosophy professor at Yale, examines breaches of cybersecurity and their…
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In Cold War Berlin, an Affair Born of Chaos and Control
Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel “Kairos” folds intimations of German history and cultural memory into a torrid romance.
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‘The Little Mermaid’ Review: The Renovations Are Only Skin Deep
Disney’s live-action remake, with Halle Bailey starring as Ariel and a diverse cast, is a dutiful corrective with noble intentions…
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Tina Turner’s 11 Essential Songs
Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, went from R&B shouter to rock queen to pop superstar. Here are some of…