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The Haiti That Still Dreams

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I often receive condolence-type calls, e-mails, and texts about Haiti. Many of these messages are in response to the increasingly dire news in the press, some of which echoes what many…

A Tamarind Tree’s Sweet and Sour Inheritance

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Gifts from ancestors take the darndest forms. Mine included a tamarind tree, the tallest and most magnificent in our yard. My grandfather’s grandfather—a tall, corpulent Indian, prone to indulging in fine…

It’s Taylor Swift Day, Again

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Tyler FoggattSenior Editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Don’t be…

Ralph Fiennes Sidles His Way Into Power as Macbeth

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Simply getting to the almost totally sold-out monster hit “Macbeth” in Washington, D.C., which has already been staged in Liverpool, London, and Edinburgh, contains its own, particular adventure. Produced in the…

The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The power to change one’s life comes from a paragraph, a lone remark,” James Salter wrote in his 1975 novel, “Light Years.” An encounter with a single “slender” line of writing,…

The Rediscovery of a Depression-Era Masterpiece

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story For decades, I’ve cherished the 1933 comedy-drama “Man’s Castle” as a gem of classic Hollywood, and one that succeeds in uniting rare romantic refinement and harsh, Depression-scarred candor. It’s set mainly…