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Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine
Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is...
Trina Robbins, Creator and Historian of Comic Books, Dies at 85
Obsessed with comics from a young age, she was a pioneer in a male-dominated field and...
John Barth, Writer Who Pushed Storytelling’s Limits, Dies at 93
His sprawling and boisterous novel “The Sot-Weed Factor,” published in 1960, projected him into the ranks...
Maryse Condé, ‘Grande Dame’ of Francophone Literature, Dies at 90
She explored the history and culture of Africa, the West Indies and Europe in work that...
Judith Butler Thinks You’re Overreacting
How did gender become a scary word? The theorist who got us talking about the subject...
Laurent de Brunhoff, Artist Who Made Babar Famous, Dies at 98
After his father, who created the character, died, he continued the series of books about a...
A Bronx Teacher Asked. Tommy Orange Answered.
When the author received an impassioned email, he dropped everything to visit the students who inspired...
Opinion | When Language Fails Us and the Moment
Plain, direct language remains rare and desirable — and risky in ways that those in authority,...
Overlooked No More: Beatrix Potter, Author of ‘The Tale of Peter Rabbit’
She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book...
Margaret Cavendish: A Polymath Who Scandalized 17th-Century London
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Opinion | Our Semicolons, Ourselves
A.I. or no A.I., it pays to write — and to write well.
Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay’s Work
Here are five examples of work by President Claudine Gay of Harvard that have been spotlighted...
