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BOOK REVIEW
The play’s the thing
“All’s Well”is a stealthily captivating new novel by Mona Awad that, like its namesake, skews more dark than light as it casts its spell. As a problem drama with its own unsympathetic heroine, “All’s Well” gets off to a rough start. Like Awad’s previous novel, the New England Book Award finalist “Bunny,” “All’s Well” revels in its protagonist’s unlikability.
BOOK REVIEW
Stories of survival and celebration in ‘Afterparties’
The afterparty is a queer kind of thing. It’s not the party, but it’s also not not the party. It’s pretty clear when it begins, not at all clear when it ends. It’s a time of extremes: People get sloppier; arguments get louder; drama gets more dramatic. As Anthony Veasna So writes in his story “We Would’ve Been Princes!,” at the afterparty people “liberate themselves from their duties.”
New England Literary News
A new bookstore in South Dartmouth, a book of mayoral imaginings from kids, and a republished H. G. Wells lecture
News of a literary note from around the region.
STORY BEHIND THE BOOK
Poet Kaveh Akbar heeds the call of many faiths with ‘Pilgrim Bell’
Spiritual seeking is at the center of Akbar’s new collection.
BOOKS
Local bestsellers for the week ending July 25
Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.
BOOKINGS
Virtual author readings for Aug. 1 - 7
All author appearances are virtual unless otherwise noted.
What’s happening in the arts world
This week's picks from Globe critics.
OMNIPOP
Eurovision’s continental shift
The most improbable development after an oddball Italian band won this year? Success in America.
MATTHEW GILBERT
In some of TV’s best series, extraordinary ordinary people
"Mr. Corman" is the latest addition to a rich genre of TV portraiture, stories embedded with small ordeals and epiphanies that are never plot-driven.
TELEVISION
Final ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ episodes will air in coming weeks
Beginning Aug. 12, NBC will air two back-to-back episodes per week over five weeks — but not five consecutive weeks.
STAGE REVIEW
This ‘Tempest’ was worth the wait
John Douglas Thompson excels as Prospero in the Free Shakespeare on the Common production originally scheduled for last summer.
DANCE
Archie Burnett spins underground dance club memories at Jacob’s Pillow
With "Life Encounters," the grandfather of House Ninja proves he can still get down.
MURRAY WHYTE
For Roxbury’s Ekua Holmes, an art career that keeps flowering
The very first museum survey of her illustrations for children's books opened this month at the MFA.
STAGES
A new Mamet play and a new Berkshires theater are well-matched
Playwright David Mamet and Great Barrington Public Theater cofounder Jim Frangione are longtime friends and collaborators.
Terri Lyne Carrington brings explorations of jazz and social justice to Newport
Her band Social Science's highly acclaimed "Waiting Game" was the result of a disparate group of artists meshing at the right moment. On Saturday, they'll play at the Newport Jazz festival.
At Newport Jazz Festival, legends, rising stars, and exciting collaborations
The sold-out festival returns this year afer last year's cancellation.