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We Thought We Had Spotted an Exotic Bloom. It Was the Vividly Colored Remains of a Soda Bottle.

It is springtime, and I want to turn to thoughts of love. In my case, love of this world, love…

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Review: Looking for Love With Burt Bacharach, and Finding a Prayer

Mark Morris’s “The Look of Love” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is uneven, but you can’t fight its swing.

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‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ Remains Hard to Forget

Michel Gondry’s surreal love story stunned audiences in 2004, and some of its sentiments are all the more relevant in…

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These Oscar Snubs Still Rile Up Readers

You can’t forgive the Academy for passing up “Brokeback Mountain” or omitting Amy Adams in “Arrival,” among other oversights that…

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The Essential James Baldwin

James Baldwin would have turned 100 on Aug. 2 this year. His final works were published almost 40 years ago,…

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Movie? Music Video? Documentary? Explaining Jennifer Lopez’s New Project.

Yes, Ben Affleck is in it, as are many of J. Lo’s famous friends. Here’s what to know about “This…

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No Deposits This Year at Love Bank, a Museum of Affection Hit by Fire

Efforts are underway to restore the Love Bank museum in Slovakia, which celebrates the “world’s longest love poem” and rents…

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A Tale of Midlife Love With a Bombshell Ending

In her new novel, “Leaving,” Roxana Robinson reunites a former couple. One of them is divorced; the other is still…

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Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music

What books are on your night stand? The Bible, “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde,” edited and with an introduction…

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Waiting in the Snow for a Phone Call, Mixing Memory and Desire

Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, “Inverno,” is a tale of a woman’s incurable longing and haunted past.

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