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  1. Photo“I’ve navigated the world in a very gender-fluid way,” the artist Martine Gutierrez said. “What does being a woman mean?”
    CreditCamila Falquez for The New York Times

    A Shape-Shifting Woman Plays All the Parts

    Across three cities on bus shelters and a giant billboard, Martine Gutierrez, the artist, performer and provocateur, asks what it means to be a woman in these times.

    By Hilarie M. Sheets

  1. Critic’s Notebook

    PhotoThe Glimmerglass Festival had to abandon its state of the art theater for an outdoor stage. Here, Emily Misch, center, as Queen of the Night; Aaron Crouch, right, as Tamino; and ensemble members in “The Magic Flute.”
    CreditKarli Cadel/Glimmerglass Festival

    Glimmerglass Creates Magic in Its Own Backyard

    The pandemic forced the company outdoors and to trim staples by Verdi and Mozart. Our critic found the experience to be ripe with potential for drawing in new audiences.

    By Anthony Tommasini

  4. PhotoAlexander Ludwig, left, and Stephen Amell play battling brothers in “Heels,” the latest series to pull back the curtain on professional wrestling.
    CreditVictor Llorente for The New York Times

    ‘Heels’ Is a Family Drama, With Body Slams

    Like most wrestling shows, this Starz series suggests that the sport’s most compelling action happens outside of the ring.

    By Jeremy Gordon

  1. nonfiction

    How America Lost Its Way in Afghanistan

    Two new books, “The American War in Afghanistan,” by Carter Malkasian, and “The Afghanistan Papers,” by Craig Whitlock, trace Washington’s long history of mistakes and miscalculations.

    By Fredrik Logevall

  2. Critic’s Pick

    ‘Walden’ Review: Getting Away From It All

    Amy Berryman’s three-character drama, set in a one-room cabin as crises rage outside, asks how much we owe to ourselves and our world.

    By Alexis Soloski

  3. 5 Things About Your Book

    He Is a Journalist With Autism, but in His Book, That’s Not the Whole Story

    Eric Garcia, the author of “We’re Not Broken,” talks about public policy’s role in caring for autistic people, his reportorial instincts and more.

    By John Williams

  4. Hachette to Buy Workman for $240 Million as Publishing Continues Consolidation

    Workman, known for “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” and other lucrative older titles, is one of the largest independent publishers in the United States.

    By Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter

  5. nonfiction

    Covert Actions: How Espionage Has Helped Win Wars

    Four new books examine some of the darker corners of World War II and the Cold War.

    By Thomas E. Ricks

  6. The Charts

    Billie Eilish Holds at No. 1, Bolstered Again by Physical Sales

    George Harrison’s 1970 triple album “All Things Must Pass” also returns to the Top 10 for the first time in 50 years thanks to a host of reissues.

    By Ben Sisario

  7. The Lox, Triumphant at Verzuz

    A conversation about New York hip-hop in the 1990s and early 2000s, and a night that brought the spirit of battle back to the pandemic-era staple.

  8. Fiction

    By Maurice Carlos Ruffin, Stories of a New Orleans That’s All but Lost

    In “The Ones Who Don’t Say They Love You,” the city’s Black residents try to hold onto what the hurricanes and gentrifiers haven’t taken yet.

    By Jeremy Gordon

  9. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ and ‘Nora From Queens’

    Common, Stevie Wonder and Brittany Howard are slated to perform at a fund-raiser for cancer research. And Awkwafina’s Comedy Central sitcom returns.

    By Gabe Cohn

  10. Review: Making S’mores Around the Campfire at the Apocalypse

    In “The Grown-Ups,” a play by Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques, audience members sit around a real fire in a backyard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

    By Laura Collins-Hughes