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Nelson DeMille’s House Is Listed for $5.5 Million on Long Island

A Nassau County listing is so grandiose in style and stature that it must be out of a Nelson DeMille.

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The Prize-Winning Novel Challenging ‘Ableist Machismo’ in Japan

When Saou Ichikawa was named the winner of the Akutagawa Prize in July 2023, one of Japan’s oldest and most.

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Movies

Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92

Robert Benton, who collaborated on the screenplay for “Bonnie and Clyde,” one of the most explosive movies of the 1960s,.

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Movies

How a Film Critic Was Lured Back to Literature

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together..

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A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises

The spark of inspiration for “The Director,” Daniel Kehlmann’s new historical novel about a filmmaker toiling for the Nazi regime,.

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Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, 83, Dies; African Scholar Challenged the West

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe, a Congolese-American philosopher, cultural historian and novelist who questioned the West’s intellectual tools for appraising Africa, identifying them.

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