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DEMOCRACY’S DATA: The Hidden Stories in the U.S. Census and How to Read ThemBy Dan BoukIllustrated. 384 pages. MCD. $30.The U.S. census has inspired a surprising amount of poetry, Dan Bouk notes...

Dear readers,Welcome to the beefcake edition of Read Like the Wind. Our theme here is bulk: The two books that follow are big, brawny tomes that you can repurpose as dumbbells when...

“Am I missing something here?” is a question prompted by many dance performances. In my mind, the thought often has an anxious tone, since I consider it my job as a critic...

“Lower Decks,” whose third season will continue to arrive through October — all the “Trek” shows post episodes weekly — was created by Mike McMahan, who was a writer and producer on...

Joey DeFrancesco, who was widely credited with bringing the organ back into vogue in jazz circles in recent decades, has died. He was 51.His wife, Gloria, posted news of his death on...

‘The Earth Is Blue as an Orange’Stream it on the Criterion Channel.Early in this documentary from Ukraine, a family in the war-torn region of Donbass sets up a makeshift studio in their...

Owen Kline’s wonderful feature debut about an aspiring comic-book creator delves into a buzzingly alive, if anxious, world of cartooning.

Set in Brazil, where the crime rates against transgender and queer people are among the highest in the world, the L.G.B.T.Q. drama “Private Desert” follows a brawny police academy instructor, Daniel (Antonio...

Vicuña was born in 1948 and spent her early years living with her father’s extended family in La Florida, an undeveloped stretch of land just south of Santiago. She went to the...

In 1989, Mr. Gaines led the undefeated Panthers to a state championship. In all, he had a 46-7-1 record as head coach at Permian. But he soon left to join Texas Tech...