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LOVER BOΥ
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LOVER BOΥ

Erica Schmidt revives Tennessee Williams's \"Orpheus Descending.\"

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August 07, 2023
EVOLUTION
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EVOLUTION

Bethany Cosentino's songs of self-actualization

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5 mins  |
August 07, 2023
TASTE OF CHERRY
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TASTE OF CHERRY

Ann Patchett's pandemic novel

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10 mins  |
August 07, 2023
THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
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THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE

In 1956, a Tennessee high school was desegregated; two years later, it was dynamited. What happened?

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August 07, 2023
THE MAKING OF A MUTINY
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THE MAKING OF A MUTINY

How the Wagner Group went from fighting in Ukraine to staging an armed uprising at home

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August 07, 2023
HIDDEN DEPTHS
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HIDDEN DEPTHS

How an amateur diver became a true-crime sensation

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10+ mins  |
August 07, 2023
I'M A HACK, BY CHATGPT
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I'M A HACK, BY CHATGPT

Hello and welcome. I’m an artificial intelligence. One of the Writers Guild of America strike issues is me

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August 07, 2023
DREAMING IN BABYLON
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DREAMING IN BABYLON

Revisiting a Rastafari childhood in Jamaica

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August 07, 2023
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
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THE TALK OF THE TOWN

In Israel, the saying goes, there are four seasons: election, war, strike, and summer

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August 07, 2023
A French Doll
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A French Doll

Fiction

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10+ mins  |
July 31, 2023
American Chronicles: The Nashville Underground
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American Chronicles: The Nashville Underground

Tennessee's politics have turned hard red, and the ruling sound in Music City is still bro country. Can other voices grab the mike?

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July 24, 2023
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
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THE TALK OF THE TOWN

“How does this indictment affect his candidacy?” Bill Hemmer, of Fox News, asked the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley last week

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July 31, 2023
PANIC AT THE DISCO
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PANIC AT THE DISCO

“Here Lies Love” boogies onto Broadway

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July 31, 2023
SICKENING
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SICKENING

How bad is processed food?

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10+ mins  |
July 31, 2023
BROTHERS IN LAW
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BROTHERS IN LAW

Dostoyevsky’s novel of a family at war with itself

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July 31, 2023
MONEY ON THE WALL
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MONEY ON THE WALL

How Larry Gagosian reshaped the art world.

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10+ mins  |
July 31, 2023
THE CURRENT CINEMA SHOCK WAVES
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THE CURRENT CINEMA SHOCK WAVES

“Oppenheimer” and Barbie.”

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July 31, 2023
BREAKING NEWS
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BREAKING NEWS

A small-town paper takes on the county sheriff

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10+ mins  |
July 31, 2023
ROYALLY SPEAKING
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ROYALLY SPEAKING

Harry spoke with multiple producers and production houses . . . to discuss possible shows

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July 31, 2023
COURTING FAME
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COURTING FAME

How Alex Spiro became the trial lawyer celebrities want on their side

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10+ mins  |
July 31, 2023
Ice Cream Is Good for You
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Ice Cream Is Good for You

According to nutritionists, wine will either extend your life or shorten it

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July 31, 2023
The Ice-Cream Truck
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The Ice-Cream Truck

Not a lot of good sounds could be heard on our street. Police sirens and ambulances.

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July 10 - 17, 2023 (Double Issue)
Becoming Tennessee
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Becoming Tennessee

A portrait of the playwright as a young artist.

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July 10 - 17, 2023 (Double Issue)
THIS MORTAL COIL
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THIS MORTAL COIL

Ato Blankson-Wood stars in \"Hamlet\" in the Park.

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July 24, 2023
THE PRICE IS RIGHT
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THE PRICE IS RIGHT

The rise and fall of neoliberalism.

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10+ mins  |
July 24, 2023
BEAR SEASON
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BEAR SEASON

Where the wild things

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10+ mins  |
July 24, 2023
THE CURRENT CINEMA: THE HUNT IS ON
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THE CURRENT CINEMA: THE HUNT IS ON

Like the beat, beat, beat of the tomtom, a pounding of the drums tells us that another installment of “Mission: Impossible” is under way.

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9 mins  |
July 24, 2023
The Maths Tutor
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The Maths Tutor

In her thirties, Lorraine was unfaithful once or twice; she didn’t tell her husband. Quentin owed her, she reckoned, in that long accounting of pluses and minuses which is marriage.

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July 24, 2023
A LAND HELD HOSTAGE
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A LAND HELD HOSTAGE

Overrun by gangs and neglected by rich allies, Haiti tries to save itself.

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10+ mins  |
July 24, 2023
SUBTLE REVOLUTION
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SUBTLE REVOLUTION

In the treatment of M.S., small steps add up to a new approach to disease.

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July 24, 2023