Robert Caro’s mammoth study of the urban planner Robert Moses is coming out as an e-book this month, on the 50th anniversary of the biography’s publication. Source link
Read More »Buried for Years in an Archive, a Novel by a Master of Horror Is Out
“Pay the Piper,” a manuscript by George A. Romero, the director of classics like “Night of the Living Dead,” was incomplete. Daniel Kraus, who studied Romero’s oeuvre, gave it a fitting finish. Source link
Read More »Robert Caro Reflects on ‘The Power Broker’ and Its Legacy at 50
Caro’s book on Robert Moses, a city planner who reshaped New York, is also a reflection on “the dangers of unchecked power,” and remains more resonant and relevant than ever. Source link
Read More »Shaw Festival Presents ‘The Orphan of Chao’ and ‘Snow in Midsummer’
By presenting “The Orphan of Chao” and “Snow in Midsummer,” the Shaw Festival is helping “the past to smash its way into the modern world.” Source link
Read More »7 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Source link
Read More »‘The Smoking Room’ Is a Brilliant British Office Comedy
And yet, compared with the British “Office,” it is a model of restraint. Source link
Read More »Sasheer Zamata Is OK With Being the Practical B.F.F.
The “Saturday Night Live” alumna plays a sorceress in the new “WandaVision” spinoff “Agatha All Along.” Source link
Read More »Margaret Qualley Is Getting the Hang of Being a Movie Star
The actress is seemingly everywhere this year, and in “The Substance,” she delves into an unusually disturbing new role. Source link
Read More »The Lijadu Sisters, Nigeria’s Twin Musical Pioneers, Are Celebrated Anew
Taiwo and Kehinde were groundbreaking for their funky songs, as well as their feminism. Five years after Kehinde’s death, their albums will be reissued. Source link
Read More »Three Medical Practices That Older Patients Should Question
Some treatments and procedures become routine despite lacking strong evidence to show that they’re beneficial. Recent studies have called a few into question. Source link
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