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The Great (Gay) Novelist You’ve Never Heard Of
By DAVID MARGOLICK
The forgotten saga of John Horne Burns and his intemperate World War II masterpiece.
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Florian Holzherr/James Turrell Studio
The Sun and Moon Space at the Roden Crater.
How James Turrell Knocked the Art World Off Its Feet
By WIL S. HYLTON
Get ready for a summer of light. Shimmering, disorienting, indescribable light.
It’s the Economy
The Sippy Cup 1%
By ADAM DAVIDSON
The more expensive strollers and cribs and organic diapers become, the better it is for everyone else.
Can We Imagine the Life of a Terrorist?
By ROBERT F. WORTH
A steady proliferation of books and films try to make sense of what drives suicide bombers. But few get it right.
The Effort to Stop ‘The Attack’
By NANA ASFOUR
Why Ziad Doueiri’s movie about a suicide bombing has not been released in any Arab country.
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Three Venerable Names From the Art World: Chuck Close, James Turrell and Polaroid Film
June 20, 2013
Bioblitzing in Mozambique
June 19, 2013
Milk’s Crowning Moment
June 18, 2013
Abstract Sunday
You Made That
By CHRISTOPH NIEMANN and JON HUANG
An abstract-expressionist tool to create and share your own artwork.
Eat
With the Grain
If you can’t stand the heat, get out the fruit and vegetables and make a grain salad.
Talk
Lionel Shriver Does It the Hard Way
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
The novelist eats only one meal a day. But that doesn’t mean she’s neurotic.
The Ethicist
Can a Juror Ever Fudge the Truth?
By CHUCK KLOSTERMAN
The ethics of disclosing or masking bias during jury selection.
What Happens to Women Who Are Denied Abortions?
By JOSHUA LANG
A study that explores abortion’s impact by looking at women who get to the clinic too late.
Diagnosis
The Cough That Wouldn’t Stop
By LISA SANDERS, M.D.
An otherwise-healthy 75-year-old’s symptoms stump her doctor — for a while.
From the Archive
Art’s Last, Lonely Cowboy
Michael Kimmelman’s 2005 article about the environmental artist Michael Heizer.
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Editors' Picks
Colum McCann’s Radical Empathy
By JOEL LOVELL
Four years after the publication of “Let the Great World Spin,” Colum McCann’s magnificent, cathartic 9/11 novel continues to help people cope with tragedy.
Billy Joel on Not Working and Not Giving Up Drinking
Interview by ANDREW GOLDMAN
And not caring what Elton John says about any of it.
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