I felt the power of the rush of readers who ran to the stage when Salman Rushdie was attacked.
Tag: Poetry and Poets
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Cecilia Vicuña’s Desire Lines
After decades on the margins, the 74-year-old Chilean sculptor and poet has improbably become one of this year’s most acclaimed.
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Reckoning With Memories of Budapest
A Times journalist spent three months capturing a contemporary portrait of Hungary’s capital, where he lived for several years as a child in the early ’90s.
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Below an Israeli City, a Musical Harmony Belies the Tensions Above Ground
In an underground reservoir built 1,233 years ago in a city that saw sectarian riots last year, visitors hear a beguiling musical composition that combines Arab love songs with Hebrew poetry.
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As a Mob Attacked the Capitol, Trump Stood By
Readers discuss the latest hearing by the Jan. 6 committee. Also: War poetry; child care funding; pregnant at 10; shrugging at the pandemic.