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Julie Powell, Food Writer Known for ‘Julie & Julia,’ Dies at 49

She documented her attempt to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” in a popular blog that became a best-selling book and a hit movie.

By Kim Severson and Julia Moskin

Architecture Art Books and Literature Content Type: Personal Profile Department of Design and Construction (NYC) Greenpoint (Brooklyn, NY) Keene, Starling Keene, Steve The Steve Keene Art Book (Book)

Steve Keene Made 300,000 Paintings in a Home Full of Easels

The artist’s studio and living space, created with his wife, Starling Keene, an architect, houses a one-man assembly line of affordable art — enough to fill a new book.

By Melena Ryzik

Books and Literature Cunningham, Michael Kate Guadagnino Mukherjee, Neel Specimen Days (Book)

We’re Reading Michael Cunningham’s ‘Specimen Days’ With the Author

Join us Dec. 8 for a virtual conversation on this novel about love, yearning, transcendence and America.

By The New York Times

Books and Literature Deaths (Obituaries) Harvard Law School Houseman, John Law Schools Legal Profession Osborn, John Jay Jr (1945-2022) The Paper Chase (Book) The Paper Chase (Movie) Writing and Writers

John Jay Osborn Jr., Author of ‘The Paper Chase,’ Dies at 77

His 1971 novel became a movie, with John Houseman giving an award-winning performance as the imperious Professor Kingsfield, and later a television series.

By Richard Sandomir