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At 98, She’s a Social Media Star

On a recent evening in the West Village of Manhattan, Dorothy Wiggins, a petite 98-year-old woman wearing a dark coat…

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Sofia Coppola’s Subversive Search for Truth in ‘Priscilla’

Hollywood is addicted to mythologizing biopics. ‘‘Priscilla’’ offers something different.

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A Swift, Opinionated Portrait of Willa Cather (She Would Have Approved)

CHASING BRIGHT MEDUSAS: A Life of Willa Cather, by Benjamin Taylor During the difficult months of 2020, a writer friend…

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Morgan Freeman Would Like to Tell You the History of Everything

In an interview, Freeman discusses narrating the Netflix documentary “Life on Our Planet,” which goes from the dawn of time…

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My Father Didn’t Want to Live if He Had Dementia. But Then He Had It.

Two years ago, when my father was dying of dementia, my siblings and I faced a terrible dilemma: Whose wishes…

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The explosion at a Gaza City hospital draws condemnation and condolences from world leaders.

World leaders issued statements of condemnation and condolence on Tuesday after an explosion killed hundreds at a hospital in Gaza…

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Down With Efficiency! (When We Get Around to It.)

We are no longer achieving an acceptable level of whimsy. In even the smallest corners of daily life, we are…

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Abortion Bans by Any Other Name Are Still Abortion Bans

In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the Republican Party has tested out constantly changing talking points and…

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Ferrante Before Ferrante

Elsa Morante’s propulsive 1940s saga of women’s lives, “Lies and Sorcery,” brings its penetrating insight to a new generation.

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Chris Snow, Hockey Executive Who Publicly Faced A.L.S., Dies at 42

The assistant general manager of the Calgary Flames, he was given a year to live in 2019. He and his…

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