Culture
Labor Dept. releases list of “books that shaped work in America”
November 27, 2013The U.S. Labor Department has released a fascinating list of "books that shaped work in America."
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McBride’s “Good Lord Bird,” Packer’s “Unwinding”: National Book Award winners
November 27, 2013The Good Lord Bird, the adventures of a disguised black child caught up in John Brown's abolitionist crusade, was the winner of the National Book Award for fiction.
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In Verdi’s “Falstaff,” all the world’s a jest
November 18, 2013What better way to celebrate Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial than with a production of Falstaff?
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Syd Hoff and A. Redfield: Two sides of the same coin
November 14, 2013An almost unknown dimension of his amazing career, discovered by his heirs only after his death in 2004, was Hoff's work for left-wing periodicals in the '30s.
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Marvel unveils new Muslim superheroine
November 8, 2013Marvel has introduced a new Ms. Marvel, a 16 year-old Pakistani-American, and the first Muslim superheroine to star in her own mainstream ongoing series.
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