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By Nina Hamza (Quill Tree Books, $16.99, June 22.) When 12-year-old Ahmed and his family move from Hawaii to his father’s Minnesota hometown, he is immediately on guard, aware that he has to explain the color of his skin and an Indian American heritage he only knows secondhand. He isn’t swayed by his dad’s warm memories of growing up in Farthing and the yearly box of Pearson’s Nut Goodies, maple syrup and autumn leaves sent by a childhood friend. A welcome letter from his sixth-grade English teacher, Mrs. Gaarder, along with a reading list, also put Ahmed on guard. “F...

‘Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year’

Crystal blue waters sparkle ahead of the rising sun behind the Blue Ridge Mountains. Mornings look like this in the Upcountry of South Carolina. Devils Fork State Park One of the gems of the Upcountry is Devils Fork State Park, located an hour west of the city of Greenville, South Carolina. The park is home to Lake Jocassee – a 7,565-acre lake with seemingly transparent waters, lush forestry, one-of-a-kind wildflowers – the Oconee Bells – and an intriguing and mysterious history.

18 May 2021 Films about time paradoxes are a dime a dozen nowadays. We could write the book on it, and perhaps tomorrow we’ll wake up to find we’ve already written it. If so, the first chapter will probably be devoted to the first great film on the subject, René Clair‘s delightful  It Happened Tomorrow (1944), now on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber. The film opens with a throng of adult offspring, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren waiting in the hall of a mansion for a couple celebrating their golden anniversary. The family begins singing the nostalgic tune by Irish poet Thomas Moore, ...

Spare Ribs, their 11th studio album doesn’t mess with their fiery formula. On Out There, Williamson delivers a sad, funny freewheeling dissertation on the wide-ranging negative effects of Brexit. His “Panic at the tills! Panic at the Tills!” has echoes of UK comedian Stewart Lee’s infamous “Coming Over Here” routine, they’re both paddling the same globally-inclusive waka. Shortcummings turns prominent British politician and “posh hamster” Dominic Cummings into an upper-class punching bag. Fair warning, there are rather rude ripostes on occasion. Explicit language barely beg...