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TROPHY ROOM
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TROPHY ROOM

Going on safari.

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June 17, 2024
INSIDE JOB-"Hit Man"
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INSIDE JOB-"Hit Man"

Years before Hannah Arendt coined, in the pages of this magazine, the phrase \"the banality of evil,\" popular films and fiction were embodying that idea in the character of the hit man. In classic crime movies such as \"This Gun for Hire\" (1942) and \"Murder by Contract\" (1958), hit men figure much as Nazis do in political movies, as symbols of abstract evil.

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June 10, 2024
WHATEVER YOU SAY
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WHATEVER YOU SAY

Rereading Jenny Holzer, at the Guggenheim.

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June 10, 2024
SUBCONSCIOUSLY YOURS
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SUBCONSCIOUSLY YOURS

Does every generation get the Freud it deserves?

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June 10, 2024
BY A WHISKER
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BY A WHISKER

Louis Wain and the reinvention of the cat.

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June 10, 2024
Beyond Imagining
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Beyond Imagining

Bessie, Lotte, Ruth, Farah, and Bridget, who had been lunching together for half a century, joined in later years by Ilka, Hope, and, occasionally, Lucinella, had agreed without the need for discussion that they were not going to pass, pass away, and under no circumstances on.

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June 10, 2024
STATES OF PLAY
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STATES OF PLAY

Can advocates use state supreme courts to preserve-and perhaps expand-constitutional rights?

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June 10, 2024
THE LONG RIDE
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THE LONG RIDE

The surf legend Jock Sutherland's unlikely life.

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June 10, 2024
ARE WE DOOMED?
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ARE WE DOOMED?

A course at the University of Chicago thinks it through.

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June 10, 2024
RED LINE
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RED LINE

With the election approaching, the U.S. and Mexico wrangle over border policy.

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June 10, 2024
Age of Anxiety
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Age of Anxiety

The love songs of Billie Eilish.

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May 27, 2024
A Reporter at Large – You Make Me Sick
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A Reporter at Large – You Make Me Sick

How corporate scientists discovered—and then helped to conceal—the dangers of forever chemicals.

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May 27, 2024
OLD ENGLISH
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OLD ENGLISH

“Player Kings,”\"The Cherry Orchard,” and \"London Tide.”

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June 03, 2024
THOROUGHLY MODERN
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THOROUGHLY MODERN

Yuja Wang uses her star power to lead audiences out of their comfort zones.

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June 03, 2024
THE PERFECTIONIST
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THE PERFECTIONIST

Why we're still catching up to Brancusi.

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June 03, 2024
DESERT ISLAND
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DESERT ISLAND

Tastes of Hawati abound in Las Vegas.

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June 03, 2024
HIGHER AND HIGHER
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HIGHER AND HIGHER

To preserve humanity—and the planet—should we give up growth?

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June 03, 2024
MAXED OUT
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MAXED OUT

“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.”

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June 03, 2024
WOMAN, FROG, AND DEVIL
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WOMAN, FROG, AND DEVIL

January Wojnicz, a retired civil servant and a landowner, was a splendid man, as they said in Lwów, handsome and dignified.

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June 03, 2024
THE STASI FILES
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THE STASI FILES

Piecing together the secrets of East Germany’s past.

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June 03, 2024
LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE
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LAND OF MAKE-BELIEVE

Zach Horwitz was a mystifying presence on the big screen, until the F.B.I. showed up.

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June 03, 2024
MY FATHER'S COURT
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MY FATHER'S COURT

The Detroit Pistons became his second family.

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June 03, 2024
NOTICE OF SECURITY INCIDENT
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NOTICE OF SECURITY INCIDENT

By now you are aware that you are the victim of a data breach.

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June 03, 2024
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS - SHOWSTOPPERS
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ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS - SHOWSTOPPERS

A Tony-winning musical director faces her first Broadway miss.

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June 03, 2024
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY ABRIDGED TOO FAR
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ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY ABRIDGED TOO FAR

The world according to Blinkist.

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May 27, 2024
ANNALS OF INQUIRY WAIT FOR IT
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ANNALS OF INQUIRY WAIT FOR IT

Suspense in literature and life.

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May 27, 2024
THE CURRENT CINEMA APOCALYPSE WHEN
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THE CURRENT CINEMA APOCALYPSE WHEN

“Megalopolis.”

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May 27, 2024
Thataway Thomas McGuane
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Thataway Thomas McGuane

The two sisters were growing old now, but they went on gazing toward Palm Springs from this windblown prairie town as though to Mecca.

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May 27, 2024
THE THEATRE - PHOTO REALISM
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THE THEATRE - PHOTO REALISM

Moisés Kaufman's Here There Are Blueberries.”

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May 27, 2024
FAMILY PORTRAIT
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FAMILY PORTRAIT

In his latest novel, Garth Risk Hallberg shrinks his frame.

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May 27, 2024