The New York Times – Film:
Queen Elizabeth II was portrayed in plays and highbrow films, in made-for-TV movies and broad comedies and, of course, in “The Crown.” Many sought to answer the question: What was she like?
Category: Books and Literature
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The Real Lives of Early 20th-Century Celebrities, as Depicted in ‘Ragtime’
The New York Times – T Magazine:
In the novel, E.L. Doctorow makes characters out of J. Pierpont Morgan, Emma Goldman, Booker T. Washington and others, sometimes hewing to the historical record and sometimes going his own way.
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New Yorker Festival, which runs Will Host Bono and Rep Jamie Raskin
The New York Times – Music:
The three day-festival beginning on Oct. 7 will also include conversations with stars like Ben Stiller, Chloe Bailey and Sandra Oh.
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Lee Child on Storytelling
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
How the 2001 World Series made an author question his faith in the power of the narrative arc.
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‘Loving Highsmith’ Review: The Patricia You Didn’t Know
The New York Times – Film:
A new documentary makes the case that under her hardened exterior, the novelist Patricia Highsmith was a longing romantic.
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The Man Who Amassed 10,000 Vintage Scarves (and Wrote a Book About It)
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
“It’s a bit of fashion, a bit of design, but I see it more like a book about paintings,” said the author, Benoit Pierre Emery.
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Read Your Way Through Mexico City
The New York Times – Travel:
Juan Villoro, who spent over two decades perfecting one book about Mexico City, recommends reading on the city he loves. “Mexico is too complex,” a visitor said. “It needs to be read.”
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Don’t Get Dressed Without Reading This Book
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Claire McCardell helped create American fashion. She was also a writer whose book on style still resonates today.
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Review: ‘A Visible Man: A Memoir,’ by Edward Enninful
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The British Vogue editor wants to make the media — and the world — a more welcoming place.