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Danny McBride Is Not Above a Little Violence (or a Lot of It)

The writer and actor, known for his profane comedic antiheroes, likes to find universal truths in human flaws.

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Danny McBride Is Not Above a Little Violence (or a Lot of It)

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Book Review: ‘The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI,’ by Cory Doctorow

In “The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI,” the renowned tech critic Cory Doctorow tries to find a good way to coexist with artificial intelligence.

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Book Review: ‘The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI,’ by Cory Doctorow

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James Bradley, Co-Author of ‘Flags of Our Fathers,’ Dies at 72

His best-selling book celebrated the servicemen in the stirring photograph of the U.S. flag-raising on Iwo Jima. One, it was long believed, was his father.

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James Bradley, Co-Author of ‘Flags of Our Fathers,’ Dies at 72

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David Thomson Loves the Movies but Not What They Have Done to America

How the film writer David Thomson found himself in a lover’s quarrel with cinema — and America.

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David Thomson Loves the Movies but Not What They Have Done to America

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I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novel

The 2010 novel “Super Sad True Love Story” foreshadowed our current world. So I asked its author, Gary Shteyngart, how he sees the world today and how we might find pleasure in it.

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I Keep Telling People We’re Living in This Dystopian Novel

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Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began

In a new book, the author Isaac Butler details the late-20th century battles over government-funded art.

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Art, Outrage and How the Culture Wars Began