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‘Les Misérables’ in Concert and More: A Show’s Never-Ending Life

Concert versions and touring productions keep the spirit of 19th-century French revolutionaries alive.

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NYT Books and Literature

‘Les Misérables’ in Concert and More: A Show’s Never-Ending Life

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Frenchmen,’ by Emily Eakin

In “The Frenchmen,” Emily Eakin traces the rise and fall of postmodernist philosophy, and the surprising ways its influence lingers.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Frenchmen,’ by Emily Eakin

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Unsayable,’ by Michael Cunningham

Blending autobiography with meditations on craft, “Unsayable” feels destined for the graduation gift bag.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Unsayable,’ by Michael Cunningham

NYT Books and Literature

7 Other ‘Odyssey’ Movie Adaptations to Stream Now

For decades, filmmakers have been borrowing plot lines and metaphors from Homer’s epic for adventures set in different eras and realities.

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NYT Books and Literature

7 Other ‘Odyssey’ Movie Adaptations to Stream Now

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Mortons,’ by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld

In “The Mortons,” a young hit woman — a prodigy at killing — is tested by inherited secrets and her own morality.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘The Mortons,’ by Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld

NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Bitchy!,’ by Roberta Gregory

A new compendium of Roberta Gregory’s comics does away with delicacy in the name of feminism.

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NYT Books and Literature

Book Review: ‘Bitchy!,’ by Roberta Gregory