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BOOKS

CULTURE

Saxophonist Darryl Yokley Channels ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Through the Lens of Contemporary Jazz

‘Un Mundo en Soledad’ is an ambitious reimagining of Gabriel Garcia Márquez’s literary masterpiece, from a rising star in the jazz firmament.

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BOOKS

Discovering Devin Jacobsen, and America, Through a New Short Story Collection

In “The Summer We Ate Off the China,” a former slave meets an old overseer,  tourists try to parse the Dali Museum, and MeToo and HR take the stage.

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THE FRONT

Fighting the Rerun President’s Dark Vision of Autocracy

We look at books and online resources that map out resistance to Trump’s plans to make America great for robber barons and racists again.

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BOOKS

E. L. Doctorow’s ‘Ragtime’ at 50: Forget the Musical and Give the Book Another Listen

The compelling novel captures America as the exploitations of the Gilded Age crashed into the anger of the early-20th-century’s dispossessed. 

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THE FRONT

Dr. Strangelove’s America: Donald Trump and the Age of Insurrection

Three books report on the militia groups, GOP lawmakers, racist sheriffs, and other right-wing radicals looking to create a white-nationalist paradise.

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Theater

‘The Great Gatsby’ at – almost – 100: Staging a Troubled Legacy

Two very different interpretations capture the grandeur, the excess, the carelessness, and the ugliness of Fitzgerald’s great American novel. 

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POLITICS

Boning Up on History’s Strongmen to Prepare for Trump, The Sequel

It’s time to start thinking about the unthinkable.

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BOOKS

Giving Culture: Books For Savvy Friends and Fam

Just in time for holiday gift-giving: Tales of steamy magazines, TV and dance trailblazers, trans icons, rock stars and rock stars’ kids, and a little alternative paper that could.

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BOOKS

Donna Minkowitz’s Novel ‘Donnaville’ Blends the Personal and the Phantasmagorical

Perseverance is the watchword for the lead characters and the reader of this messy, magical, metaphorical tale. 

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BOOKS

From Real-Life Funnies to Fluxus to an Invisible Dragon – Books for the Art Lover on Your Gift List

Old-school ink on paper is still one of the coolest presents — here are some picks about art, artists, and the art world from our book review section.

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