Her solution? A packaging business that sells ideas for commercial genre fiction featuring characters from broadly diverse backgrounds.
Category: Books and Literature
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24 Things That Stuck With Us in 2023
Films, TV shows, albums, books, art and A.I.-generated SpongeBob performances that reporters, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.
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In Belfast, a Celebration of Art, Community and Pizza
The author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers invited friends to toast his new book at a dinner in a former textile mill.
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Jane Wodening, Experimental Film Star and Intrepid Writer, Dies at 87
For 30 years she collaborated with the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, her husband, often appearing on camera. After they divorced, she lived off the grid and wrote about her life.
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Read Your Way Through Madrid
Like many who call Madrid home, Elena Medel was born elsewhere, but forged her identity in the Spanish capital. Here, she recommends books about this city that “refuses to be reduced to an ideal.”
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Winona Ryder Fans Celebrate New Photo Book of the ‘Eternal Cool Girl’
Fashionistas and celebrities gathered for a new book filled with candid shots of the understated Gen X star.
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John Nichols, Author of ‘The Milagro Beanfield War,’ Dies at 83
After decamping from New York to New Mexico, he wrote what was, for a time, among the most widely read novels about Latinos.
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When Women Artists Choose Mothering Over Making Work
Why does the act of stepping away from a creative vocation still have the power to shock?
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Suleika Jaouad Revisits Bone Marrow Transplant in “American Symphony”
This month, writer Suleika Jaouad revisits her second bone marrow transplant in the documentary “American Symphony.”
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Overlooked No More: Elena Zelayeta, Emissary for Mexican Cooking
Beginning the 1930s in San Francisco, she transformed the image of her native Mexican cuisine in the United States with a restaurant and popular cookbooks, all while overcoming a loss of sight.
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Your Next 10 Steps After Watching the New ‘Napoleon’ Film
If you want to read his biography, or even see his horse, you can.
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The World of Jewelry in 4 New Books
Authors draw on records and personal descriptions to illuminate brands’ approaches to creativity.