The New York Times – Music:
In a chatty and candid new memoir, Barbra Streisand talks about her early determination to be famous and tallies the hurdles and helpers she met along the way.
Author: Alexandra Jacobs
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Book Review: ‘Madonna: A Rebel Life,’ by Mary Gabriel
The New York Times – Music:
Mary Gabriel’s biography is as thorough as its subject is disciplined. But in relentlessly defending the superstar, where’s the party?
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Book Review: ‘Pockets,’ by Hannah Carlson
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In her nifty “Intimate History of How We Keep Things Close,” Hannah Carlson unbuttons the politics behind who gets to hide their belongings, and where.
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Book Review: ‘Self-Made,’ by Tara Isabella Burton
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
In a breezy new history of personal branding, Tara Isabella Burton comes face to face with Oscar Wilde, Frederick Douglass, Kim Kardashian and more.
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Book Review: ‘The Making of Another Modern Motion Picture Masterpiece,’ by Tom Hanks
The New York Times – Film:
Whimsically chronicling the creation of a Marvel-style movie, “The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece” sags under a deluge of detail.
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Book Review: ‘Y/N,’ by Esther Yi
The New York Times – Music:
In Esther Yi’s weird and wondrous ‘Y/N,’ a bored young woman in thrall to a boy band buys a one-way ticket to Seoul.
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Book Review: ‘Roald Dahl, Teller of the Unexpected’ by Matthew Dennison
The New York Times – Film:
“Teller of the Unexpected,” an elegant new biography, sidesteps the ugly side of the children’s book author while capturing his grandiose, tragedy-specked life.