Robin Kirkey

SEEING GHOSTSA MemoirBy Kat ChowKat Chow’s memoir, “Seeing Ghosts,” is a memorial to her mother delivered in a graceful, captivating voice. Like several acts of tribute to the dead in this book about grief and family, immigration and…
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AFTER THE SUNBy Jonas EikaTranslated by Sherilyn Nicolette HellbergThe word thrill arrives from the verb form of an earlier word, thirl — to make a hole, to pierce, to penetrate — with thirl itself tied back to thruh, from which we get…
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GOD, HUMAN, ANIMAL, MACHINETechnology, Metaphor, and the Search for MeaningBy Meghan O’GieblynImagine sitting down to a game of Go, not in a cafe or a park, where you could banter with your adversary or discuss strategy with onlookers, but…
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FLASHES OF CREATIONGeorge Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and the Great Big Bang DebateBy Paul HalpernThe universe is changing. But scientists didn’t realize that a century ago, when astronomers like Edwin Hubble and Henrietta Leavitt discerned that…
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A green ban has been lifted on historic Parramatta homestead Willow Grove, after the New South Wales government struck a deal with the construction union that heritage activists believe took advantage of the Covid-19 crisis evolving in the…
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“Yeah, it was approved by the real F.D.A., the Food and Drug Administration, which is not to be confused with the fake F.D.A., the Facebook Doctors Association.” — JIMMY FALLON“Approval also offers an opportunity to clear up substantial…
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A fabulous red dress and thigh-high leather boots worn by Lola the drag queen in the musical Kinky Boots are to go on display near to what many would say is the equally fabulous red ensemble worn by Henry Irving in an 1885 production of…
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Visual Arts updatesSign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Visual Arts news. Two works by Henri Matisse which re-emerged from Nazi plunder: ‘Girl in Yellow and Blue with Guitar’ .…
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On his return to Toronto, Mr. Schafer in 1962 co-founded the innovative concert series Ten Centuries, which presented new and rarely heard music.As his career picked up, he answered requests for new works with irreverence, composing “Son of…
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Kanye West may or may not be imminently releasing “Donda,” his 10th solo album, but over the course of the past few weeks, this era in his career has already established its own signature aesthetic: all black, military, asceticism on an…
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