Listening, Watching, Reading

May 20, 2023

A rant from Laurie Anderson, the most-anticipated movies of the summer, a rapturous New Yorker short story from Nicole Krauss and more.

A rant from Laurie Anderson, the most-anticipated movies of the summer, a rapturous New... more

Hosted byJody Avirgan

Curated byMatthew Horovitz, Hark Contributor

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Laurie Anderson Hates Work & Our Exhausting Self-Made Surveillance State

Art World legend Laurie Anderson does a great grumpy old man with The Pitchfork Review’s Puja Patel about our exhausting addiction to social media self-reportage.

Laurie Anderson Hates Work & Our Exhausting Self-Made Surveillance State

The Pitchfork Review

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Laura Dern & Diane Ladd’s Harrowing Mother-Daughter Memoir of Poisoning

Mother-daughter actresses Laura Dern & Diane Ladd’s co-written memoir about Ladd’s 3-to-6 Months Left to Live pesticide poisoning and the walks they took back then.

Laura Dern & Diane Ladd’s Harrowing Mother-Daughter Memoir of Poisoning

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books

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New “Blackberry” Movie - the Twisted Canadian Antidote to “Air”

The Slate Culture Gabfest dissects “Blackberry” - a “product bio-pic” with a bite from Canadian Co-Writer/Director & Co-Star Matt Johnson.

New “Blackberry” Movie - the Twisted Canadian Antidote to “Air”

Culture Gabfest

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The Most Anticipated Movies This Summer

Amanda Dobbins & Sean Fennessey of The Big Picture pick their most-anticipated films coming out this summer - a raunchy JLaw comedy and a new blast of Wes Anderson melancholy.

The Big Picture

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Nicole Krauss’ Brilliant Short Story from The New Yorker “Long Island”

Nicole Krauss reads from her electrifying short story of late 1970’s New York City from last week’s issue of The New Yorker, “Long Island.”

Nicole Krauss’ Brilliant Short Story from The New Yorker “Long Island”

The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Listening, Watching, Reading

May 20, 2023

Laurie Anderson Hates Work & Our Exhausting Self-Made Surveillance State

The Pitchfork Review

Laura Dern & Diane Ladd’s Harrowing Mother-Daughter Memoir of Poisoning

Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books

New “Blackberry” Movie - the Twisted Canadian Antidote to “Air”

Culture Gabfest

The Most Anticipated Movies This Summer

The Big Picture

Nicole Krauss’ Brilliant Short Story from The New Yorker “Long Island”

The Writer's Voice: New Fiction from The New Yorker

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