To love Miami is to accept that it is a city in flux. Jonathan Escoffery, one of its writers, recommends books that help pin the Florida metropolis down.
Category: Writing and Writers
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Paris Hilton’s Memoir Explores Pain and Privilege of Being an ‘It Girl’
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:In a new memoir, the former reality TV star explores the pain and privilege of being a world-famous “it girl.” Prodded in an audio interview, she did the voice for us (but not the one you’re thinking of).
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Brett Goldstein Faces Life After ‘Ted Lasso’
The New York Times – Movies:The Apple TV+ show’s breakout star is preparing to play a Marvel movie god when he’s not working on the hit streaming series “Shrinking.” But what he’s really after is human connection.
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Overlooked No More: Dilys Winn, Who Brought Murder and Mystery to Manhattan
The New York Times – Business:She opened Murder Ink, believed to be the nation’s first mystery bookstore, and brought fans together through interactive whodunits and other events.
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Love Letter: Is Love Ever Wasted?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:No, even if it ends in pain.
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The New Black Canon: Books, Plays and Poems That Everyone Should Know
The New York Times – T Magazine:A guide to some of the undervalued 20th-century works that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.
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Judy Blume Finally Got a ‘Yes’ From Hollywood
The New York Times – Business:Decades after she first discussed translating her work to film and television, the Blume-aissance is upon us. All it needed was for Judy Blume fans to take charge in the entertainment industry.
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‘Media Men’ List Defamation Lawsuit Ends in a Settlement
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:Stephen Elliott, whose name appeared on a crowdsourced document containing allegations of misconduct against male writers and editors, filed his defamation suit against the list’s creator and its contributors in 2018.
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Could the Next Great Author Be a Robot? We Asked (Human) Writers.
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:At the PEN America Literary Awards, David Sedaris, Judith Thurman and others discussed the role A.I. could play in literature.
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Richard Anobile, Chronicler of the Marx Brothers, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Movies:He produced many books about film. But Groucho Marx tried to stop distribution of one they worked on together because he didn’t like seeing his salty and insulting remarks in print.
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Bernard Henri-Lévy Chooses War Zones in Ukraine Over Salons
The New York Times – Movies:In a new film, “Slava Ukraini,” the writer and filmmaker Bernard Henri-Lévy warns of a heavy price if the West fails to defeat Putin in Ukraine.
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C.S. Lewis’s Oxford: Where the Lion and the Witch Met the Hobbit
The New York Times – Travel:Discovering the Oxford where C.S. Lewis, the writer of over 30 books, including the “Chronicles of Narnia” series, found faith, inspiration and a life-changing friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien.