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Nights of Terror, Days of Weird
Terry Southern’s life in letters. By Will Stephenson. (Mar. 22, 2016)
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Thunderstruck: ‘Les Misérables’
Tim Parks reviews “The Novel of the Century: The Extraordinary Adventure of ‘Les Misérables’” by David Bellos.
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US photographer captured moment of her death in Afghanistan
The 22-year-old camerawoman and four Afghan soldiers were blown up in July 2013.
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The Puzzle of Irving Penn
“I’m a surprisingly limited photographer,” Penn insisted to me, “and I’ve learned not to go beyond my capacity. I’ve tried a few times to depart from what I know I can do, and I’ve failed.” Yet it is difficult to deny that Penn was the supreme studio photographer of the twentieth century. His artistry both emerged from and depended on his very specific, highly aestheticized commercial work. By Martin Filler.
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Nicholas Sand, Chemist Who Sought to Bring LSD to the World, Dies at 75
Mr. Sand earned a reputation in the 1960s for making some of the purest LSD on the market, including Orange Sunshine, before the law finally caught up with him. By Williiam Grimes.
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Roger Ailes Was One of the Worst Americans Ever
The Fox News founder made this the hate-filled, moronic country it is today. By Matt Taibbi.
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The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of
Clair Patterson determined the age of the Earth—and then he saved it. By Lucas Reilly.
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The unexpected success of Camus’s L’Étranger (The Outsider)
Alice Kaplan tells the life story of L’Étranger (The Outsider in Britain, The Stranger in the United States) with verve and insight.
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Carter adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at 89
Brzezinski was a Polish-born American who served in both the Carter and Lyndon Johnson administrations.
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The Lost Typefaces of W.A. Dwiggins
The pioneering designer created dozens of fonts, only a few of which are still around today. By Cara Giaimo.
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Czeslaw Milosz’s Battle for Truth
Having experienced both Nazi and Communist rule, Poland’s great exile poet arrived at a unique blend of skepticism and sincerity. By Adam Kirsch.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski, the Svengali of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency, Is Dead, but the Evil Lives On
If ever there was a man who displayed on his face the evil on his mind, it was Zbigniew Brzezinski… By John Helmer in Moscow.
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Review of ‘David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet’
An inspired biography. By Scott Beauchamp.
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Taking Muhammad Ali home
One year ago, a chosen few brought Muhammad Ali back to Louisville for the last time. This is the story of how they carried out their sacred calling. By Tom Junod.
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William Krisel, Architect Who Helped Define California Modernism, Dies At 92
Krisel is particularly known for the scores of tract homes he designed in Palm Springs, which featured open floor plans, “butterfly” roofs and enough variation so they didn’t look cookie-cutter. By Matt Guilhem, Laurel Wamsley. (June 6, 2017)
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The Judgment of Rebecca West
James Thomas Snyder celebrates Rebecca West’s classic “Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.”
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Sheila Michaels, Who Brought ‘Ms.’ to Prominence, Dies at 78
Dissatisfied with other honorifics for women, Ms. Michaels undertook “a timid eight-year crusade” to usher the term back into being after decades of disuse.By Margalit Fox. (July 6, 2017)
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A Possible Keats
A year before leaving Enfield—the Georgian-style school building would later be converted into a train station and then ultimately be demolished—John Keats discovered Books. Books were the spoils left by the Incas, by Captain Cook’s voyages, Robinson Crusoe... By Fleur Jaeggy.
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Betty Shannon, Unsung Mathematical Genius
Her husband, Claude, helped create the computer revolution, but few knew that she was his closest collaborator
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The Murder of an Indian Journalist, a Hero, My Friend
The slaying of Gauri Lankesh shows how much trouble India's liberal democracy is in. By Shikha Dalmia.
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