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Bookmark collection bonds lovers of literature

May 9, 2019 at 5:39 p.m.

A dozen or so years ago, I was casting about for a Christmas idea for the most thoughtful gift-giver I've ever known. He's a book lover too, so I wrote...

Masha Gessen's new book, "The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy," is a study of the factors that may have motivated Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan, left, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Review: ‘The Brothers’ by Masha Gessen

May 9, 2019 at 5:20 p.m.

"How could they do this?" When a bomb goes off, killing three and wounding 264, that's the question we all ask. It's a question we ask over and over, whenever...

Riikka Kuittinen curates compelling street art in ‘Street Craft’

May 9, 2019 at 5:14 p.m.

In the landscape of street art, graffiti paved the way for guerrilla gardening and yarnbombing. In "Street Craft," Riikka Kuittinen thoughtfully explores this evolution, offering a catalog of highly ephemeral...

(Left) Cover image. (Right) Nina Simone backstage in Pittsburgh by photographer Charles "Teenie" Harris, circa 1965.

Art books that make good gifts

May 9, 2019 at 5:00 p.m.

Art books offer just the sort of indulgence that makes for a great gift: They're so beautiful, yet people often hesitate to spend that kind of money on themselves. Here...

Moorman also performed another of McWilliams's works, "Sky Kiss," in Sydney.

‘Topless Cellist’ depicts life of performance artist Charlotte Moorman

May 9, 2019 at 4:55 p.m.

Charlotte Moorman was an ambitious, classically trained cellist when she arrived in New York in 1957. She aimed to become a soloist, but the career she ultimately attained as an...

Surgeon Atul Gawande ruminates on the way Americans approach death in "Being Mortal."

Review: ‘Being Mortal’ by Atul Gawande

May 9, 2019 at 4:52 p.m.

Three-quarters of the way through "Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End," Atul Gawande pulls back his carefully stitched curtain of reporting and research to relate the story...

‘Landmark’: Photos explore how people shape landscape

May 9, 2019 at 4:51 p.m.

A collection of landscape photography sounds like the stuff of postcards and calendars. But "Landmark," a new collection of landscape photography curated by William A. Ewing, has higher aims: It...

Bill T. Jones steps from stage to page

May 9, 2019 at 4:50 p.m.

The preface to "Story/Time: The Life of an Idea" by Bill T. Jones opens with a pointed declaration: "The object you are holding in your hands is conflicted. It is...

Capturing the architectural wonder of ‘Columbus, Indiana’

May 9, 2019 at 4:49 p.m.

"As soon as you cross the Flatrock River, turn onto Washington Street and navigate toward downtown and the tall, chimney-like tower of First Christian Church, you know there is something...

"The Portlandia Activity Book" by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein and Jonathan Krisel includes a series of DIY tasks including mixing and matching your outerwear.

‘The Portlandia Activity Book’ is hipster hilarity

May 9, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

I really wasn't craving another season of "Portlandia," Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's TV sendup of all things hipster. How many times can you put a bird on it? But...

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