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‘Baby Reindeer’: What to Know About the True-ish Netflix Hit

The mini-series, based on the star’s experiences, has viewers wondering how much of it is real. Here’s the back story.

Chris Christie and Bill Barr Have Some Explaining to Do

I admired the vigor and even eloquence with which Chris Christie, quixotically campaigning for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, made…

Larry Young, Who Studied the Chemistry of Love, Dies at 56

Professor Young’s experiments with prairie voles revealed what poets never could: how the brain processes that fluttering feeling in the…

Robert Oxnam, China Scholar Beset by Multiple Personalities, Dies at 81

Through psychotherapy, recounted in a memoir, he learned that he had 11 personalities, or fractured parts of his identity. One…

Frank Wakefield, Who Expanded the Mandolin’s Range, Dies at 89

A bluegrass innovator, he recorded numerous albums as a leader, and his list of collaborators included both Leonard Bernstein and…

What Is ‘Queer Food’? A Conference Explores (and Tastes) Some Answers.

When Sasha DuBose uses the word “queer” to talk about food, it’s a verb, not an adjective. To Ms. DuBose,…

When Closing a Very Small Campus Is a Very Big Deal

The first day teaching as an adjunct professor at a new university can be daunting: finding your way around campus,…

Peggy Mellon Hitchcock, Who Helped Timothy Leary Turn On, Dies at 90

She was an enthusiastic supporter of the counterculture. And when she suggested that her brothers rent Mr. Leary a mansion,…

An Artist From Kosovo Takes Flight

When the Kosovar artist Petrit Halilaj received an invitation for his biggest project ever in the United States, he knew…

Review: A Conductor Surprises by Embracing the Ordinary

Esa-Pekka Salonen is known for unusual, ambitious projects. But at the New York Philharmonic this week, he succeeded with standard…

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