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Jason Segel Makes a Career U-Turn as David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’ [26 Jul 2015|02:33pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/movies/jason-segel-makes-a-career-u-turn-as-david-foster-wallace-in-the-end-of-the-tour.html

Early on, the actor was widely derided for taking the role of the author of “Infinite Jest.” Then the film appeared, and the tide turned.
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Chenjerai Hove, Chronicler of Zimbabwean Struggles, Dies at 59 [26 Jul 2015|04:06pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/24/arts/chenjerai-hove-chronicler-of-zimbabwean-struggles-dies-at-59.html

The plight of Mr. Hove’s home country comes through in his poems and novels.
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Books of The Times: Review: Jane Urquhart’s ‘The Night Stages,’ a Novel of Melancholy and Missed Cha [26 Jul 2015|08:41pm]

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/books/review-jane-urquharts-the-night-stages-a-novel-of-melancholy-and-missed-chances.html

The latest novel by this Canadian writer consists of three narratives, linked by a single night that an Englishwoman named Tamara spends in a Canadian airport around 1960.
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