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PROMISED LAND
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PROMISED LAND

How tribal nations are reclaiming Oklahoma.

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August 12, 2024
Forbidden Desires - Debussy, Strauss, and a new opera about John Singer Sargent, in Des Moines.
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Forbidden Desires - Debussy, Strauss, and a new opera about John Singer Sargent, in Des Moines.

Debussy, Strauss, and a new opera about John Singer Sargent, in Des Moines.

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August 05, 2024
What Happened To The Yuppie?– In 1979, an article by Blake Fleetwood in the Times Magazine reported a surprising phenomenon: young people were moving to big cities
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What Happened To The Yuppie?– In 1979, an article by Blake Fleetwood in the Times Magazine reported a surprising phenomenon: young people were moving to big cities

Tom McGrath's "Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation" (Grand Central) is an entertaining recap of that period. McGrath doesn't offer a novel sociological interpretation of the yuppies. What he has to say about them would have been conventional even during their time.

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July 29, 2024
STATE OF PLAY
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STATE OF PLAY

Politics and the real” at the Festival d‘Avignon.

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August 05, 2024
BORN AGAIN
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BORN AGAIN

The past and future of Christian fundamentalism.

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August 05, 2024
THE FIN AND THE FURY
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THE FIN AND THE FURY

Beware of sharkless waters.

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August 05, 2024
attila
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attila

Martha got the knife away from her mother and shut her in the garage. The garage was not for cars; it had been converted by the house’s previous owners into what the broker called a “mother-in-law apartment.”

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August 05, 2024
BLOOD RELATIVES
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BLOOD RELATIVES

Did the U.K.’ most infamous family massacre end in a miscarriage of justice?

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August 05, 2024
UNCONVENTIONAL
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UNCONVENTIONAL

No fear and loathing in Milwaukee, just confidence.

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August 05, 2024
PLAYING THE NUMBERS
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PLAYING THE NUMBERS

My mother, the gambler.

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August 05, 2024
OUT THERE
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OUT THERE

In midlife, Gillian Anderson is proving that she’s not so buttoned-up.

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August 05, 2024
Old Money - How treasure from an eighteen-century shipwreck ended up in the hands of a Florida couple
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Old Money - How treasure from an eighteen-century shipwreck ended up in the hands of a Florida couple

How treasure from an eighteenth-century shipwreck ended up in the hands of a Florida couple.

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July 29, 2024
HEAVY WEATHER
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HEAVY WEATHER

Some first-generation disaster films were real-life disasters for their actors. D. W. Griffith's 1920 melodrama \"Way Down East,\" featuring the climactic rescue of a woman being carried off on an ice floe in raging currents, was filmed in a real river after a real blizzard.

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July 29, 2024
BIZARRE REALITY
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BIZARRE REALITY

Julio Torres's \"Fantasmas\" finds truth in fantasy.

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July 29, 2024
BEACH BOYS
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BEACH BOYS

Eating and drinking through Provincetown.

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7 mins  |
July 29, 2024
OVERCORRECTION
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OVERCORRECTION

On the abolition of prisons.

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July 29, 2024
Abject Naturalism + Sarah Braunstein
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Abject Naturalism + Sarah Braunstein

The baby's father left before the Cesarean incision had fully healed, when it was still a raised red line, tender to the touch, glistening with Vitamin E oil. Perfidy!

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July 29, 2024
THE BRINK OF WAR
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THE BRINK OF WAR

Will Hezbollah's border fight with Israel lead to a wider conflict?

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July 29, 2024
A YOUNG ARTIST
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A YOUNG ARTIST

An Italian widow is still discovering the joy of painting at ninety-three.

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July 29, 2024
WRITING PROMPTS
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WRITING PROMPTS

Take a walk in your neighborhood while pushing your baby who refuses to nap in a stroller.

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July 29, 2024
DEAD RECKONING
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DEAD RECKONING

At the Sphere, a fan wrestles with what the Grateful Dead have left behind.

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July 29, 2024
How Jet Democratized the Thirst Trap
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How Jet Democratized the Thirst Trap

When I was growing up, in the early two-thousands, I knew of only one way that a mere mortal could be pictured in a bikini for paying subscribers.

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July 29, 2024
GOINGS ON
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GOINGS ON

What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

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July 29, 2024
DANCES WITH WOOLF
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DANCES WITH WOOLF

Does ballet need narrative?

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July 22, 2024
CHARMED
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CHARMED

Clairo makes music about the wallop and jolt of romantic connection.

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July 22, 2024
SEX AND SENSIBILITY
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SEX AND SENSIBILITY

The rise and fall of the Bluestockings.

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July 22, 2024
THE SUMMER OF SCI-FI
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THE SUMMER OF SCI-FI

1982 and the meaning of moviegoing.

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July 22, 2024
BLOCKING
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BLOCKING

\"Sing Sing.\"

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July 22, 2024
PARADISE BRONX
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PARADISE BRONX

The borough’ history has always been shaped by its in-between-ness.

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July 22, 2024
INSIDE THE TRUMP PLAN FOR 2025
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INSIDE THE TRUMP PLAN FOR 2025

A network of well-funded far-right activists is preparing for the former President's return to the White House.

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July 22, 2024