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Cynthia Nixon Knows What Poem She Wants Read at Her Funeral

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 5:01am
By Kathryn Shattuck
“I love ‘I heard a Fly buzz — when I died,’” said the actress, currently performing Off Broadway in “The Seven Year Disappear.” “That one gets me every time.”
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Rabbit Heart,’ by Kristine S. Ervin

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 5:00am
By Alissa Bennett
In the memoir “Rabbit Heart,” Kristine S. Ervin explores the human being behind sensational headlines, and our culture’s insatiable thirst for other people’s tragedy.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘Worry,’ by Alexandra Tanner

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 5:00am
By Hannah Gold
In “Worry,” Alexandra Tanner puts a humorous spin on the fixations, disappointments, aversions and maladjustments of adulthood.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Laurent de Brunhoff, Artist Who Made Babar Famous, Dies at 98

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 6:44pm
By Penelope Green
After his father, who created the character, died, he continued the series of books about a modest elephant and his escapades in Paris for seven decades.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Lyn Hejinian, 82, Dies; Leading Light of the Language Poetry Movement

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 5:10pm
By Alex Williams
A poet, publisher and professor, she channeled the revolutionary spirit and deconstructionist currents of the 1960s to challenge the conventions of poetry.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Julianna Margulies and Peter Gallagher to Star in Broadway Play

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 12:00pm
By Michael Paulson
The duo will lead the cast of “Left on Tenth,” a stage adaptation of Delia Ephron’s best-selling memoir.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Talking to Tana French

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 9:14am
The great Irish crime novelist talks about her newest series.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


She Started With a 39-Cent Camera. She Ended Up in Magazines.

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 5:05am
By Erica Ackerberg
A posthumous release from the famed photographer Ruth Orkin casts a female gaze on subjects both ordinary and iconic.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Tom Hanks Reviews the Children’s Novel ‘Olivetti,’ by Allie Millington

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 5:03am
By Tom Hanks
A boy’s mother is missing. Her Olivetti was the last one to see her before she disappeared.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


Book Review: ‘On the Move,’ by Abrahm Lustgarten

Friday, March 22, 2024 - 5:02am
By Jon Gertner
In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world.
Source: NY Times Book Reviews


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