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[ad_1] ANSWERS ON PAGESby David Levithan When a child comes to you with big questions about the world, it’s nice to be able to say, “Here’s a book to help us understand.” “Answers in Pages” by David Levithan is a book for children grappling with why books struggle and what they can do about it. …
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[ad_1] Mr. Walden eventually enrolled at San Francisco State College (now University) and earned his BA in mathematics in 1964. His interest in computing grew in a numerical analysis course that included working on an IBM computer. After college, he began working as a computer programmer in the Department of Space Communications at Massachusetts Institute …
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[ad_1] “He was wearing Irish sweaters,” said Ms. Roberge in a phone call, and they crossed her arms as if to say, “Come on, show us what you have.” For the remainder of his theatrical career, Mr. Birney played a wide variety of roles, including Antonio Salieri as his replacement in Peter Shaffer’s Broadway “Amadeus”; …
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[ad_1] LONDON – Films by David Cronenberg, Claire Denis and Park Chan-wook It will compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, organizers of the event announced on Thursday. Films of previous winners Ruben Ostlund, Hirokazu Kore-eda and Cristian Mungiu A film by high-profile Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov will also be among …
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[ad_1] LAST INTERVIEWby David Shields Is it bad form to start a review of a book with a question? The book isn’t if it’s “The Very Last Interview” by David Shields, a fun compilation of hundreds of short, seemingly random questions that come without answers. From the first page (“Are you ready to walk?”) to …
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[ad_1] At the age of 24, during an eight-month visit to Paris, David Wojnarowicz she fell in love with her first serious love and began to take herself seriously as a visual artist. The full meaning of these changes came to light in June 1979, upon returning to New York, when he opened his mouth …
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[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — David McCormack and his Kansas teammates were down 15 points at halftime for the national championship game, but he was still smiling. “They thought I was crazy,” McCormack said in a television interview. “Come here, have fun and do what we were born to do,” he told his teammates. Christian Braun …
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[ad_1] In a basketball world where elite guard play and sniping are both valued and prioritized, the outcome of this national championship game can be decided by the strong, physical players who make the most impact around the rim. Armando Bacot of North CarolinaA 6-foot-10 center has had more double-doubles in 2021-22 than anyone in …
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[ad_1] I HATE BORSCH! Yevgenia Nayberg’s photo. (Eerdmans, $17.99, ages 4-8) Growing up in Kiev, a girl who hates Ukraine’s national dish (“Robinson Crusoe” stranded on a deserted sour cream island in the Red Sea) gets annoyed when she moves. A brave, expressionist fairy tale homage to America, the homeland of Nayberg. A recipe is …
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[ad_1] What do you read while working on a book? And what kind of reading do you avoid while writing? That way I’m not superstitious. Albert Camus said writers should be able to tell if the book is for them after reading the first page. William Gass had a similar test: go back to page …
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[ad_1] WILD AND BROKEN SOUNDS: Sonic Miracles, The Creativity of Evolution, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction, by David George Haskell Since the Middle Ages, travelers have set out on one of the most beautiful medieval routes through the rugged Massif Central region of southern France. Camino de Santiagoin northwestern Spain, St. Pilgrimage to the …
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[ad_1] After his parents divorced, David Boggs grew up in Washington with his mother, Jane (McCallum) Boggs, and older brother, Walter. The three lived at their grandmother’s home near American University, where her mother worked as an administrator and eventually oversaw admissions to the university’s law school. After saving up for a radio operator license, …
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