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Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ is a priceless paean to the lives of victimized reform-school kids
4 days, 13 hours ago

Review: ‘Nickel Boys’ is a priceless paean to the lives of victimized reform-school kids

LA Times  

The 2012 discovery of a mass unmarked grave on the grounds of the Florida School for Boys was the sort of headline that short-circuits the brain. A straight adaption would pack power, but it’s even better that the book came into the hands of a true humanist like RaMell Ross. It’s possible to read Whitehead’s book and think, “How could …

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The Nickel Boys movie makes a radical choice—for a very good reason.
1 week, 2 days ago

The Nickel Boys movie makes a radical choice—for a very good reason.

Slate  

On a downtown street in Tallahassee, 1965, a young Black man stands in front of a store window filled with television sets, his faint reflection barely visible amid the colorful ads for Florida grapefruit. Although Elwood Curtis is the protagonist of RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys, we rarely see him so clearly as in that fleeting moment. With his Oscar-nominated Hale …

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Remembering Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer known for his unfailing good taste
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Remembering Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer known for his unfailing good taste

NPR  

Remembering Roy Haynes, a jazz drummer known for his unfailing good taste Haynes, who died Nov. 12, was a heavy hitter, whose limber beat could lift the bandstand. WHITEHEAD: You can often spy syncopated Afro-Cuban beats in Roy Haynes' music as on a 1959 version of "Caravan" with pianist Phineas Newborn's trio. WHITEHEAD: By the 1990s, Roy Haynes was a …

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Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania woman is now believed to be the oldest living person in North America

The Independent  

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Cetacean conversation: AI could let us talk to whales. Experts question if that's a good idea
4 months ago

Cetacean conversation: AI could let us talk to whales. Experts question if that's a good idea

Salon  

Selling more than 125,000 copies, the 1970 album “Songs of the Humpback Whale” is the bestselling nature recording of all time. In an article published five days before Payne’s death last year, the lifelong activist asked readers to imagine what it might be like to talk to whales, writing, “If we could communicate with animals, ask them questions and receive …

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Books of the month: From Colson Whitehead’s Crook Manifesto to Unseen by Selina Mills
1 year, 5 months ago

Books of the month: From Colson Whitehead’s Crook Manifesto to Unseen by Selina Mills

The Independent  

Who in this world hasn’t come across someone labelled a “weasel”? Novels by Patrick deWitt, Catherine Chidgey, Emily Perkins and Colson Whitehead, along with Selina Mills’s non-fiction book about being blind and a history of British comedy by David Stubbs are reviewed in full below. “He was pushing red meat into his red mouth, and his head was red, and …

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NBA post-lottery Mock Draft 2023: Wembanyama goes No. 1 to Spurs; Henderson to Hornets
1 year, 7 months ago

NBA post-lottery Mock Draft 2023: Wembanyama goes No. 1 to Spurs; Henderson to Hornets

New York Times  

The 2023 NBA Draft Lottery has come and gone, with the San Antonio Spurs winning the No. Portland Trail Blazers Brandon Miller | 6-9 wing | 20 years old | Alabama The Scout: Miller was one of the best players in college basketball this past season. Golden State Warriors Jalen Hood-Schifino | 6-6 wing | 20 years old | Indiana …

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Fionn Whitehead on the BBC’s Great Expectations and government failings: ‘There can be snobbery within the world of classic literature’
1 year, 8 months ago

Fionn Whitehead on the BBC’s Great Expectations and government failings: ‘There can be snobbery within the world of classic literature’

The Independent  

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The Best Cheese For A Cheeseburger
1 year, 10 months ago

The Best Cheese For A Cheeseburger

Huff Post  

Claudio Alexandre Cologni via Getty Images As the name suggests, a cheeseburger's quality can hinge on the choice of cheese. Époisses “If I’m adding bacon to my burger, then I’m going to go for the slightly stinky, slightly smoky Époisses,” said Laura Werlin, a James Beard Award-winning author of six books on cheese. American Cheese “I’m a traditionalist when it …

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Desperately seeking something: On the trail of energy vortexes in Sedona, Arizona
2 years ago

Desperately seeking something: On the trail of energy vortexes in Sedona, Arizona

The Independent  

In my first 10 hours in Sedona, I’ve already earnestly browsed and purchased a selection of crystals, received a “mindful massage” from a stranger in a bar, and wept in a Buddhist prayer garden. These ubiquitous pepto-pink four-wheel drives can be seen whizzing tourists to and from the town’s many natural attractions, but I’ve opted for the Touch the Earth …

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Duke freshman Dariq Whitehead debuts vs. Delaware: What that means for the Blue Devils
2 years, 1 month ago

Duke freshman Dariq Whitehead debuts vs. Delaware: What that means for the Blue Devils

New York Times  

Dariq Whitehead, the No. Whitehead can capably guard multiple positions on-ball, and his combination of size and lateral quickness should make him one of the Blue Devils’ more-versatile defenders in short order. Duke will likely start Whitehead alongside junior point guard Jeremy Roach and freshman Tyrese Proctor in the backcourt, with some combination of Kyle Filipowski, Dereck Lively and Mark …

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College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more
2 years, 1 month ago

College basketball’s Top 50 newcomers for 2022-23: Nick Smith Jr, Tyrese Hunter and more

New York Times  

The 2022-23 college basketball season tips off Monday, and there will be both new names to learn and familiar faces in new places. He’s a terrific distributor who gets everyone involved, finishing top-10 nationally in assists per game last season and within the top three of the Atlantic 10 each of the last three years. Broome averaged a double-double and …

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ACC men’s basketball preview: UNC on top, but Duke, Virginia and Miami lurk
2 years, 1 month ago

ACC men’s basketball preview: UNC on top, but Duke, Virginia and Miami lurk

New York Times  

Say what you will about the Atlantic Coast Conference last season — plenty already has been — but good luck snickering at any league with the nation’s No. Duke: With Whitehead and Dereck Lively II — the nation’s top two freshmen — currently out with injuries, plus a new head coach, we might not see the best version of Duke …

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Colson Whitehead: The only writer to win fiction Pulitzers for consecutive works speaks with 60 Minutes
3 years, 9 months ago

Colson Whitehead: The only writer to win fiction Pulitzers for consecutive works speaks with 60 Minutes

CBS News  

The club of writers who have won the Pulitzer Prize twice for fiction is small. Colson Whitehead: You know that's what made me a writer, not being a journalist or being 12 and thinking, "I wanna write Stephen King-type horror novels." John Dickerson: And did any of them change the title in a way that's-- you know, sometimes when it's …

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