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Blasted
The I.R.A., the Brits, and a bomb that shook the nations.
THE CURRENT CINEMA - TREAD SOFTLY
\"Air\" and \"Paint.\"
ON TELEVISION - HELL ON WHEELS
\"Beef,\" on Netflix.
THE THEATRE - CORN COUNTRY
\"Shucked\" premières on Broadway.
MUSICAL EVENTS - DE MINIMIS
Max Richter's doleful arpeggios, and Cassandra Miller's piercing lament.
POP MUSIC - AMAZING GRACE
The other worldly compositions of an Ethiopian nun.
ODDBALLS AND ODYSSEYS
The road trips, revenge plots, and secret societies of Charles Portis.
EVENSONG
This is not an account of a love affair, and it is not the story of a religious conversion, although elements of both pertain. Of course, in life, which is full of surprises, it is hard to know what anything is.
AMERICAN CHRONICLES - FAMILY VALUES
How a mother's love for her gay son started a revolution.
ANNALS OF GASTRONOMY - SPECIAL SAUCE
The Slutty Vegan burger chain puts the party in plant-based eating.
SHOUTS & MURMURS - MY HUSBAND'S SECRET LIFE
You never really know someone. I had been married for only a year when I learned my husband’s secret.
LETTER FROM ITEN - A TRAGIC RUN
Why were two female running champions killed in Kenya's track capital?
Fooled Again
What can we learn from the strategies of deception in the animal world?
A Reporter at Large - The Smear Factory
Rumors ruined Hazim Nada's business. Hackers told him who did it.
A Reporter at Large - The Fog
Adoptees reckon with the secrets of the adoption industry and its emotional cost.
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS - YOUNG AND RESTLESS
Michael R. Jackson writes a soap-opera musical.
UPSTATE FANTASY
SHOUTS & MURMURS
ANNALS OF EDUCATION - THE CITADEL
Hillsdale College’s battle for the soul of American education.
THE FERRY
Hey I understand you’re angry, the first message said. A man’s voice, probably a man my age. I would be angry, too. I know I messed up. I know it’s not the first time I messed up. I have been dealing with a lot.
IT'S NOT THAT DEEP
How Preston Sturges found life on the surface.
FAMILIAR HAUNTS
A sonically thrilling revival of “Sweeney Todd” on Broadway.
THE CURRENT CINEMA - OUTLIERS
“Joyland” and “Acidman.”
GENTLEMAN'S GAME
\"Great Expectations,\" on Hulu.
BLUES MEN
\"Hang Time,\" by Zora Howard.
THE STORY GOES
The shape-shifting fictions of Kelly Link.
LONG DIVISION
How the East German novelist Brigitte Reimann electrified socialist realism.
ANNALS OF RELIGION UNDER GOD
How Christian is Christian nationalism?
UPCOMING LANDMARKS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
SHOUTS & MURMURS
AMERICAN CHRONICLES DATA-DRIVEN
Machines have given powerful way of knowing things. There are others.
Good Talk
Can conversation save our souls?