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He is one of those poets who is profound without sounding so

We’ve forgotten how to suffer well

His latest collection shows the limits of confessional poems

Free speech exists in the entertainment industry — but only within CCP limits

Let’s hope the latest film in the series is the last

It’s not funny, but it’s terrific

He’s being attacked as a colonialist but his work was far more complex and erotic than that

Wealth and success don’t make one immune to aging

The poet loved collecting bric-a-brac from around the world for a reason

Not just politicians but artists are fighting back against its unreasonable demands

Future generations will view it as a historical artifact

A thirty-second-century rallying cry for the twenty-first-century Democratic Party

There’s all the difference in the world between Putin and Tchaikovsky

His life and work were more than Marvel movies

E-commerce is great for readers, but there’s no wrong way to buy books

An upcoming biopic is more likely to be a deeply embarrassing coda to a great career, rather than a triumphant eulogy

What Kenneth Branagh has done to Poirot borders on literary mutiny

Despite the professions’ similarities, they have a mixed record

The innovative modern composer does not abandon hierarchy, but acknowledges its inescapability

The moody actor isn’t an indie innovator or a Hollywood star, but a mix of both

Those attacking the Ukrainian-American poet for making light of crisis are misreading him