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Curated book recommendations featuring John of John by Douglas Stuart and Kids Wait Till You Hear This by Liza Minnelli with 1 Minute Critic tote bag
Curated book recommendations featuring John of John by Douglas Stuart and Kids Wait Till You Hear This by Liza Minnelli with 1 Minute Critic tote bag
Books
Douglas Stuart, Tayari Jones, Han Kang & 27 more reasons to put your phone down
Bil Browning Mar 20, 2026 0

Douglas Stuart, Tayari Jones, Han Kang, and 27 more picks: five shelves of curated reads. Fresh picks each season.

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Denise Burse, Charlayne Woodard, an dDeborah Joy Winans in "Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous."
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‘Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous’ asks who owns an artistic legacy
Steven Vargas Jun 23, 2026
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Sound check: free outdoor concerts take over NYC this summer
Matthew Wexler Jun 20, 2026
The 2026 Off-Broadway production of Label•less.
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In ‘Label•less,’ every monologue is followed by a song. The music always wins
Matthew Wexler Jun 18, 2026
1MC curated book recommendations flat lay featuring Whistler by Ann Patchett, Transcendent by Laverne Cox, and Making Rent by Tim Weil with 1 Minute Critic tote bag.
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Matthew Wexler Jun 18, 2026
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