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‘The place’s Waldo?’ Meets Sarcastic, Dystopian Visions in Ben Tolman’s Elaborate Ink Drawings
Rendered in delicately cross-hatched ink, dozens of figures inhabit towering buildings or assemble in crowds within the elaborate scenes of Pittsburgh-based artist Ben Tolman. Evoking the playfulness of The place’s…
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For $995, Love Cloud will fly you and a partner in a private airplane for…
‘Russia is the global enemy’: Fallout from Ukraine invasion could last for years
WASHINGTON — When he invaded Ukraine, Vladimir Putin almost certainly expected a quick, decisive conquest…
Watch Jiminy Cricket become Pinocchio’s conscience in an exclusive clip from Disney+’s live-action remake
It’s a tale as old as time — OK or at least as old as…
G.O.P. Declares Jan. 6 Attack ‘Legitimate Political Discourse’
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party on Friday officially declared the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on…
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Book Review: ‘The Books of Jacob,’ by Olga Tokarczuk
The Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk was, in 2019, a youthful winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. She was 57,…
Donna Barba Higuera Wins Newbery Medal for ‘The Last Cuentista’
“The Last Cuentista,” Donna Barba Higuera’s dystopian yet hopeful middle-grade novel, received this year’s John Newbery Medal on Monday, winning…
Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect
At the same time, he felt that as a comedy writer, he could bring a unique lens to the subject.“The…
In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success
Cowardly, avaricious, annoying, territorial, deceitful, opportunistic: There aren’t enough shady adjectives in the dictionary to describe the narrator of Andrew…