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Contemporary Units: Tembe Denton-Hurst Celebrates 35 Boundary-Pushing Nail Artists
From the delivery of the primary trendy nail parlor in Nineteenth-century Paris to the rise of the Vietnamese nail business in America after the autumn of Saigon, nail beautification has…
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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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In ‘The Kingdoms of Savannah,’ Oddballs Circle Around a Murder Mystery
THE KINGDOMS OF SAVANNAHBy George Dawes Green289 pages. Celadon Books. $27.99.Writer’s block has gone lamentably out of fashion, with people…
Love the Smell of Old Books? This Bookseller Would Like You to Leave.
A FACTOTUM IN THE BOOK TRADEA MemoirBy Marius Kociejowski349 pages. Biblioasis. $18.95.I love the smell of old books. More than…
A Crop of New Novels About Race and Racism Finds Freedom in Satire
In Chinelo Okparanta’s new novel, a young white man is disgusted by his bigoted, small-town parents. Some of his reactions…
Math Defeated Him in School. In His 60s, He Went Back for More.
Mathematics is different. When Wilkinson doesn’t grasp a detail in a problem, he knows that he is missing something foundational.…
In ‘Carnality,’ a Wild Ride Fueled by Rash Decisions
CARNALITYBy Lina WolffTranslated by Frank Perry357 pages. Other Press. $17.99.“Ah, a nice old-fashioned novel,” the reader thinks, gliding through the…
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
Martha Hickson, a high school librarian in Annandale, N.J., heard last fall that some parents were going to call for…
‘Son of Elsewhere,’ a Funny and Frank Story About Life After a Big Move
SON OF ELSEWHEREA Memoir in PiecesBy Elamin Abdelmahmoud268 pages. $17. Ballantine Books.As an immigrant kid in Kingston, one of the…
How TikTok Became a Best Seller Machine
Many of this year’s best selling books have something in common, but it’s not any of the usual factors: a…