He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and was one of thousands of prisoners whose hardships were the basis for the film “The Bridge on the River Kwai.”
Category: Books and Literature
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David J. Skal, Scholar Who Took Horror Seriously, Dies at 71
In books like “The Monster Show” and “Screams of Reason,” he examined the cultural significance of movies meant to scare the bejesus out of people.
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Jon Franklin, Pioneering Apostle of Literary Journalism, Dies at 82
He won two Pulitzer Prizes by transforming accounts of doctors at work into in-depth, narrative articles that read like dramatic short stories.
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11 Vintage Interiors Books to Fuel Your Home Design Fantasies
From Edith Wharton’s treatise on décor to a portrait of 1990s Tokyo, the books that designers return to again and again for inspiration.
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Crystal Hefner ya no solo cuenta las ‘cosas buenas’ de la Mansión Playboy
En una autobiografía reveladora, Crystal Hefner relata sus días pasados como modelo de Playboy y tercera (y última) esposa de Hugh Hefner.
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Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86
As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new sections and ushering in the digital age with a Times website.
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In a Downtown New York Tradition, Cleansing the New Year With Poetry
On the first day of the year, over a thousand devotees passed through the old church where the Poetry Project has held its annual 12-hour marathon for the last half-century.
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Mixtapes, T-Shirts and Even a Typeface Measure the Rise of Hip-Hop
New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.
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Read Your Way Through Utah
Utah is a place of paradoxes, full of terrible beauty and complicated history. The writer Terry Tempest Williams recommends books to help you explore the state’s many facets.