Culture
Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, and PW cartoonist Ollie Harrington featured at Yale exhibition
May 29, 2024Douglass, Baldwin, Harrington honors Walter and Linda Evans and their work advocating for, documenting, and celebrating Black arts in America.
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‘Topsy Turvy’: From Covid to Ovid, a pandemic parable
May 29, 2024The play not only lampooned but harpooned the Bush administration and the professional flatterers of mass murderers.
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Marxist books are back: International Publishers rolls out expanded catalogue, more diverse authors
May 24, 2024As the publisher’s centennial celebration continues, it’s debuting a wide selection of new titles and writers.
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Duke Ellington, a monument in music and cultural history, died 50 years ago
May 24, 2024Duke Ellington, a commanding figure in music and cultural history, especially in the jazz world, died 50 years ago, on May 24, 1974.
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Reading ‘Kairos’: Literary snapshot of life during socialist East Germany’s final days
May 23, 2024Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel about a young woman living through the end of the GDR has just won the International Booker Prize.
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