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Floral Quilted Portraits by Maria A. Guzmán Capron Domesticate Care and Love
For hundreds of years, flowers have been a wealthy supply of symbolism. Courting again to the Ottomans, floriology, or the language of flowers, blossomed within the Victorian period when a…
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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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NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination
But because Bulawayo was not “white or Western,” Shringarpure said, her book led to thought-provoking conversations around artistic freedom and…
‘In Love’ Review: A Powerful Memoir About Marriage and Assisted Suicide
IN LOVEA Memoir of Love and LossBy Amy Bloom224 pages. Random House. $27.Amy Bloom and Brian Ameche were a handsome…
William P. Barr’s Memoir Is Part Lawyerly Defense, Part Culture-War Diatribe
Barr offers an extended apologia that tries to square his position on putting people to death with his religious faith.…
‘The Man From the Future’ Recounts the Life of a Restless Genius
THE MAN FROM THE FUTUREThe Visionary Life of John von NeumannBy Ananyo BhattacharyaIllustrated. 353 pages. W.W. Norton & Company. $30.The…
Twin Brothers on a Quest to Find the Next Dalai Lama
WHEN I’M GONE, LOOK FOR ME IN THE EASTBy Quan Barry302 pages. Pantheon Books. $27.A line of imperfect telepathic communication…
Sarah Polley Is OK With Oversharing
For one battle scene, she was repeatedly made to run a terrifying gantlet of explosives and debris. She jammed cotton…
P.J. O’Rourke Wrote With High, Cranky Style in a Shrinking Tradition
During the 1980s and ’90s, his heyday, P.J. O’Rourke owned one of those bylines — like Nora Ephron’s, or Michael…
‘Heiresses’ Adds Up the Melancholy and Danger of Inherited Wealth
With diligence and proper indignation, Thompson shows how, long before Hearst’s ordeal hit the airwaves, these ostensibly fortunate daughters had…