Glycera dibranchiata is exactly the kind of creature you wouldn’t want to find at the bottom of your beach bucket. They are called bloodworms for their translucent skin. The long, venomous worms are native to both coasts of North America and have four sharp teeth and a somewhat grumpy temperament: As they pierce the sand, …
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Such victories had a lasting effect. “The stewardess revolt changed the entire airline industry, one of the largest in the United States,” Wulfhart writes. Her account acknowledges these women as having played a leading role in tackling gender discrimination and tells the story well. Yet reading the details feels like rubbing salt on an ancient …
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IMMORTAL KING RAO, by Vauhini Vara The premise of Vauhini Vara’s first novel, “Immortal King Rao,” is as simple as it gets: a young woman named Athena, who was secretly raised on an island in Puget Sound by an aging father who injected her with the genetic code. Allowing her to access the entire internet …
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Glass, who won the National Book Award for her debut novel,three june”, a master builder of fictional people, an expert at drawing the architecture of all lives. But sometimes “Vigil Harbor” evokes the feeling of an overgrown garden. There is enough material here for two or three separate novels, and Glass’s maximalism creates a certain …
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HOME DISEASE: Stories, by Colin Barrett Perhaps you had a similar encounter, reading quietly late into the night, and before you knew it, you were drawn into a story whose energy continues to rise with funny inventions, and your laughter breaks the night. An experience worth pursuing, especially in difficult times. Trial times are the …
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But that sarcasm doesn’t prevent them from judging others privately based on their weight, age, clothing, and social norms. At the novel’s first major turning point, on a summer’s day, he sees his reflection in a sunken and disheveled window. “What I saw in the reflection was myself,” he observes, “a miserable woman who cannot …
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It took six walks and five pitchers, but the Mets secured the second hit-and-miss player in franchise history when Tylor Megill and four savers teamed up to close the Philadelphia Phillies in a 3-0 win at Citi Field Friday night. The feat is the latest highlight of a debut season for Megill, the team’s unlikely …
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That was before her biggest dreams blossomed and her career fell apart. That was Trevor Bauer at lunch in the suburb of Cleveland three years ago, describing the forces that drove him. “I want to be a billionaire,” Bauer said, just as you would order a sandwich. “Not because I care about money, but because …
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LONDON – There’s the powerful and then there’s Mark Rylance in “Jerusalem”, so strongly linked to his role that it feels almost superhuman. This is as it should be for a game about a larger-than-life character named Johnny Byron, who demands a totally fearless actor and has one in Rylance. None of this will surprise …
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LONDON – There’s the powerful and then there’s Mark Rylance in “Jerusalem”, so strongly linked to his role that it feels almost superhuman. This is as it should be for a game about a larger-than-life character named Johnny Byron, who demands a totally fearless actor and has one in Rylance. None of this will surprise …
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Philip J. Hilts, who, as science correspondent for The New York Times in 1994, revealed that a tobacco company had been covering up its own research for decades showing that tobacco is harmful and nicotine is addictive, died on April 23. In Lebanon, NH was 74 years old. His son, Ben, said the cause was …
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Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali. Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson. Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury. Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano. One of these fights is not like the others. When Taylor and Serrano enter the ring at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night, they’ll compete for what their organizers call the greatest fight in women’s …
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