Writing and Writers – Page 81

Read Your Way Through Tokyo

Hiromi Kawakami, one of Japan’s most popular contemporary novelists, travels with books that help her immerse herself in her destination. Here, she suggests reading for those coming to her hometown, Tokyo.

By Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Allison Markin Powell

Books and Literature Caro, Robert A Content Type: Personal Profile Documentary Films and Programs Gottlieb, Robert Turn Every Page The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb (Movie) Writing and Writers

Robert Caro Relaxes by Listening to People Drum in Central Park

The biographer and subject of the documentary “Turn Every Page” talks about his loyalty to the Giants and the Knicks, Zooming with classmates and falling under the spell of Captain Hornblower.

By Kathryn Shattuck

Black People Charlie Parker's Yardbird (Opera) Deaths (Obituaries) Opera Saint Lucy's Eyes (Play) Theater Theater (Off Broadway) Wimberly, Bridgette A Writing and Writers

Bridgette Wimberly, Playwright and Librettist, Dies at 68

She had success with a play about abortion in 2001, and in 2015 wrote the libretto for the opera “Charlie Parker’s Yardbird.”

By Neil Genzlinger

Books and Literature Deaths (Obituaries) Fishing, Sport LL Bean Co LL Bean Fly-Fishing Handbook (Book) Whitlock, Dave (1934-2022) Writing and Writers

Dave Whitlock, a Star of the Fly-Fishing World, Dies at 88

Known for the flies he created and for the eloquent way he chronicled his adventures in streams and rivers, he was, one editor said, “Everyman’s fly-fishing mentor.”

By Richard Sandomir

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