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Haruki Murakami and the Challenge of Adapting His Tales for Film
Haruki Murakami’s well-loved books have been the basis for several big-screen adaptations over the years, with variable results. But the…
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World
Deep Underground, a Chinese Miner Discovered Poetry in the Toil
More than three decades after scribbling his first poem as a teenager in the mountains of northern China, Chen Nianxi…
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Mining for Gold in Australia’s Migrant Past
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. On the…
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Business
Two Journalists Started an Argument in Boston in 1979. It’s Not Over Yet.
In 1979, two journalists got into an argument. More than four decades later, they haven’t settled it. The subject of…
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Business
Stock, Bond and Real Estate Prices Are All Uncomfortably High
The prices of stocks, bonds and real estate, the three major asset classes in the United States, are all extremely…
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Business
One Man’s Endless Hunt for a Dopamine Rush in Virtual Reality
On a recent Thursday evening at the City Life Community Center in Missoula, Mont., Wolf Heffelfinger played laser tag. Wearing…
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Arts
‘Undine,’ ‘My Zoe’ and More Offbeat Streaming Gems
This month’s off-the-radar recommendations include a trio of terrific (but modest) indies from earlier this year, along with a thoughtful…
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Arts
Review: In ‘Polylogues,’ Dispatches From Non-Monogamy
If you spend your date nights at the theater, a word of caution about “Polylogues,” Xandra Nur Clark’s provocatively questing…
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Business
Wikipedia’s next leader on preventing misinformation: ‘Neutrality requires understanding.’
Two decades ago, Wikipedia arrived on the scene as a quirky online project that aimed to crowdsource and document all…
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