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Elevator Repair Service's ULYSSES | The Public Theater
Spent the afternoon at the Public Theatre with an absurd, frantic, hysterical, ridiculous and brilliant rendition of “Ulysses.” There’s nothing like an Elevator Repair Service production of a literary classic.
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15.02.2026 23:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Los Lobos Film
Official Los Lobos Documentary Film SXSW Teaser
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A collage of book covers with a central white box displaying the text "100 Books We're Anticipating in 2026" above the PEN America logo.
2026 is already shaping up as an unforgettable year for book lovers, packed with new works by favorite authors and exciting debuts that we at PEN America can't wait to dig in to.
Here are 100 books we can't wait to get our hands on: bookshop.org/lists/pen-am... #books #newbooks #readinglist
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Don Winslow
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 02/12/2026 · 28m
My guest on this episode of Writers at Work is Don Winslow. His latest, “The Final Score,” marks his return following his announced retirement in 2022. It’s a six-story crime collection Stephen King called “the best crime fiction I’ve read in 20 years.”
tinyurl.com/2nje4ttt
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Elizabeth Chamblee Birch
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 02/05/2026 · 34m
If you're thinking about dialing an 800 number for medical advice, you'll want to listen to this episode.
Elizabeth Chamblee Birch is author of “The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory," an infuriating, heartbreaking tale.
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Behind Trump’s Push to Remake the Kennedy Center in His Own Image
The venerated cultural institution is facing falling ticket sales and canceled performances.
If only Trump knew anything about the arts and American popular culture...
Damning-with-faint-praise quote: “'This year alone, we have seen enthusiasm for high-caliber programs with broad appeal,' said Roma Daravi, the vice president of public relations at the center."
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What Happens in a Performer’s Brain While Playing Music?
What Happens in a Performer’s Brain While Playing Music? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/a...
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Haruki Murakami Isn’t Afraid of the Dark
Haruki Murakami Isn’t Afraid of the Dark www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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Closeup of a hand reaching down to grip a baseball. (Mike Zarrilli/MLB Photos)
We'll pick it up from here.
Spring Training and the World Baseball Classic are right around the corner!
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Invading Powers
When the Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 50 years ago this week, were they any good?
On this date in 1964, the Beatles arrived in America to play two concerts and perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show." A question: Back then, were the Beatles a good band?
From the WSJ archives: tinyurl.com/3hyru5wr
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Elizabeth Chamblee Birch
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 02/05/2026 · 34m
My latest guest on Writers at Work is Elizabeth Chamblee Birch, author of “The Pain Brokers: How Con Men, Call Centers and Rogue Doctors Fuel America’s Lawsuit Factory,” a tale of a scheme that exploits a view that women’s bodies are commodities, their pain not a concern.
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You were doing so well until your last line.
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Janice Page
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 01/29/2026 · 47m
My latest guest is Janice Page, a culture and arts editor at the Washington Post and the author of “Year of the Water Horse,” a wise and often amusing memoir about her melting-pot family,
Amazing how a well-told story about someone else’s family can remind us of our own.
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Immigrants’ Recent Effects on Government Budgets: 1994–2023
Our analysis in this paper shows that immigrants generated a fiscal surplus of about $14.5 trillion from 1994 to 2023, that the average immigrant is much less costly than the average US-born American,...
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
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What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry?
What’s With That Voice People Use When Reciting Poetry? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/a...
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“With ticket sales plummeting and artists pulling out, Trump decides to close the Kennedy Center for two years, promising to renovate it and try again to find an audience and performers when it reopens in 2028.”
There wasn’t a thing wrong with the Kennedy Center until Trump got involved.
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Inside the movement challenging—and disrupting—ICE
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America
“The strategy of protesting in America is moving away from rallies and electoral organizing toward direct action. It is becoming one of the most significant civil-disobedience efforts since the civil-rights movement” econ.st/4c1PdRx
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Janice Page
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 01/29/2026 · 47m
My latest guest is Janice Page, a culture and arts editor at the Washington Post and author of “Year of the Water Horse,” a wise and often amusing memoir about her melting-pot family.
Amazing how a well-told story about someone else’s family can remind us so much of our own.
tinyurl.com/5e7h5k6u
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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
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YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Prepping for the March release of "The Lost Songs of Katy Shayne" by Suzanna Spring and the Black Canyon City Band featuring songs by me, I was looking through some old photos. Found a fuzzy one of me performing at the Bitter End circa 1981.
You can preorder the album here: tinyurl.com/mtmrjxvv
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Matthew Pearl
Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 01/22/2026 · 45m
Joining me on this episode is Matthew Pearl, author of the novel “The Award.” If you're a writer or want to be a writer or are curious at all about writers, it's a book for you.
Who knew writing was such a fraught and deadly occupation?
tinyurl.com/m38yekuw
26.01.2026 16:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
The Clash - Clampdown (Live from Lewisham Odeon, 1980)
"Let fury have the hour, anger can be power /
Do you know that you can use it?"
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Unfair. The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal were unambiguous in their coverage, which included many videos still up on their homepages. Both said the videos contradicted the administration's statements.
The anti-media left undermines good reporting and diverts attention from Trump, etc.
25.01.2026 20:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Award winning author of the Detective Emily Hunter series and the Detective Nathan Parker series. Owned by two corgis (the Plot Hounds) and claimed by #NotMyCat
Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
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Books n stuff. Venice, Rome, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Dover. In 2025... back to Venice. Stay tuned.
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NYT Best selling author. Emmy award winning TV writer. A good hang according to two standard poodles who do not have poodle haircuts.
Question everything. Oh, and love as much as you can. It’s called grace. Way left of center. (And keep your snark out of my face.)
Writer of novels (Ninth Metal, Red Moon), comics (Punisher, Deadpool), essays (Thrill Me), podcasts (Wolverine: The Long Night), film (13th Night, Summering), TV (Urban Cowboy), and dad jokes (Knock, knock…). WGA member. www.benjaminpercy.com
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. https://contrarian.substack.com/
Working with writers who enlighten & provoke. Always curious about new ideas & beautiful stories, fiction & non-fiction.
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Black, Asian, queer owned indie bookstore in the Petworth neighborhood of Washington, DC with a long term pop up in the Parks at Walter Reed in DC.
Turner Classic Movies presents the greatest classic films of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. tcm.com
Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council Geoeconomics Center. Former IMF. Former WSJ/AWSJ.
Former NYT music critic, contributor to the WSJ, Washington Post and other, co-author The McCartney Legacy series.
UIowa prof emeritus, rock crit emeritus, recovering journalist, rabid Cub fan
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Author of "Pariah," "Winter Work" and twelve other novels of suspense and espionage. Former journalist. A Tar Heel, an O's fan, and a voracious reader. Make me laugh and I'll follow you on any platform.
