Piecing Together Lorca’s Time in Interwar America
Patricia A. Billingsley’s painstaking two decades of research into the Spanish poet’s East Coast exploits comes to fruition in ‘Lorca in Vermont.’
By CARL ROLLYSON
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Thornton Wilder’s Last, Unfinished Play ‘The Emporium’ Champions Art Over Commerce
The three-time Pulitzer-winning playwright’s final work, discovered by Kirk Lynn, shows how his humanistic writing evolved over time.
By ELYSA GARDNER
|Gap Triumphantly Returns to its 1990s Loose Jeans Roots
The 13-ounce rigid-cotton jean is the latest success story for the storied clothing brand which has brought in Zac Posen and Victoria Beckham to revive its fortunes.
By ROSS ANDERSON
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‘Top Gun’ at 40: The Real Story Behind the Blockbuster That Sealed Tom Cruise’s Stardom
The outlook for ‘Top Gun’ during filming was hardly clear skies, with Tom Cruise once admitting it ‘could totally have gone the other way.’
By TOM TEODORCZUK
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The Toyota Rav4 Is The Perfect Car for the Moment
Toyota decided to make its bestseller a hybrid at exactly the right time.
By GARY GASTELU
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S.I. Newhouse Collected Magazines — and His Trove of the ‘First and Best’ of Modern Art Fetches $630 Million
A gathering — ‘all killer and no filler’ — of 16 works from the late owner of Vanity Fair and the New Yorker smashes expectations.
By A.R. HOFFMAN
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