Out and About: Jonathan Lethem Leaves Brooklyn; Ketubahs for All
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Novelist Jonathan Lethem, author of “Motherless Brooklyn,” leaves Brooklyn for Southern California.
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Kevin Spacey unveiled his new Middle East Theater Academy in Dubai.
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Forward contributing editor Ilan Stavans talks about putting together the Norton Anthology of Latino Literature.
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Ketubahs aren’t just for Jews anymore, says Samuel Freedman in the New York Times.
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Tablet Magazine profiles 19th-century actress Adah Isaacs Menken.
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The ship that inspired “Moby Dick” has been found.
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Laura Miller questions how we read the Bible.
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