Art & Books
Fantastical Figures Illuminate City Buildings in Amanda Lobos’ Murals and Installations
Vibrant contrasts, eye-opening patterns, and mischievous creatures are only a few of the traits of Brazilian artist Amanda Lobos’ beguiling scenes. Based mostly in Vila Velha, about an eight-hour drive…
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Joining the Mile High Club on a Flight with Love Cloud
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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A Rousing Novel Follows a Brigade of Black Soldiers in the Civil War
BLACK CLOUD RISINGBy David Wright Faladé290 pages. Atlantic Monthly Press. $27.There’s nothing pulpy about David Wright Faladé’s “Black Cloud Rising.”…
Shining a Spotlight on the Art of Translation
In addition to Tokarczuk, she began translating works by the Polish writer Wioletta Greg and the Argentine writers Romina Paula,…
A New Look for ‘Ulysses’
MADRID — James Joyce once said that he hoped his groundbreaking and famously challenging novel “Ulysses” would “keep the professors…
‘Very Cold People’ Makes Something Beautiful Out of a Painful Childhood
VERY COLD PEOPLEBy Sarah Manguso191 pages. Hogarth. $26.Anatomy may be destiny, as Freud said, but geography is also a major…
How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity
In “Diary of a Lonely Girl, or the Battle Against Free Love,” a sendup of the socialists, anarchists and intellectuals…
‘Vladimir,’ a Debut That Celebrates Transgression — Up to a Point
VLADIMIRBy Julia May Jonas239 pages. Simon & Schuster. $27.To read “Vladimir” (or any number of campus novels published in the…
Book Review: ‘The Nineties,’ by Chuck Klosterman
They’re baaack.The catchphrase that long outlived “Poltergeist II,” the forgettable 1986 sequel to the memorable 1982 movie, now (the horror!)…
How Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About China
Gish Jen’s fans can take some solace when they finish one of her books: The characters might reappear in the…