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“Spunk,” a fable weaving together music and movement, is getting its first full staging since being rediscovered in 1997.

In exile in Canada, she and her husband, the novelist Josef Skvorecky, published books that had been outlawed by the Soviet-backed Communist regime.

In exile in Canada, she and her husband, the novelist Josef Skvorecky, published books that had been outlawed by the Soviet-backed Communist regime.

She left home at 14, put herself through law school and raised three children before telling jokes to strangers — so what’s a little vampire facial?

She left home at 14, India at 17, put herself through law school, raised three children and then achieved comedy stardom. What’s a little vampire facial?

Analyzing the controversy over hosting duties at the National Book Awards, and interviewing Zadie Smith about her latest novel, “The Fraud.”