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Janna Levin reading poetry at Universe in Verse at Pioneer Works in Brooklyn in 2018. Credit: Annie Minoff Every year, hundreds pack Pioneer Works in Brooklyn, New York for “The Universe In Verse,” a ...

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For each of the 12 days of Christmas, here’s something to beguile, distract – and leave you with questions for the year ahead Simon Barraclough dons a bright yellow jacket, orange Ray Bans, and ...