She wrote two popular memoirs: the first about the joys of married life, the second about her husband serving her divorce papers on their 40th anniversary. Source: New York Times
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How Joan Didion Did Thanksgiving
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2025
The author’s newly unveiled papers reveal the meticulous planning and devotion to cooking that went into her big holiday meals. Source: New York Times
Zora Neale Hurston’s Play Comes Alive for the First Time
By Gotham Rex on October 11, 2025
“Spunk,” a fable weaving together music and movement, is getting its first full staging since being rediscovered in 1997. Source: New York Times
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
By Gotham Rex on October 8, 2025
Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused of him belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night. Source: New York Times
What Will New York’s Arts Scene Look Like in 2050?
By Gotham Rex on October 2, 2025
Cultural figures, including the authors Gary Shteyngart and Jacqueline Woodson, the actors Ilana Glazer and Leslie Odom Jr., and the Guggenheim curator Naomi Beckwith, share their visions for 2050. Source: New York Times
She Loved Eric Adams. She Kept It a Secret. Now She’s Talking.
By Gotham Rex on October 1, 2025
Jasmine Ray, who served at City Hall in a $160,000-a-year job, had an undisclosed romance with Eric Adams years before he became mayor. In her memoir, she describes their relationship. Source: New York Times
Barnett Shepherd, Champion of Staten Island’s Heritage, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on September 7, 2025
A longtime resident, he devoted his career to Historic Richmond Town and Sailors’ Snug Harbor, two of the borough’s most important cultural institutions. Source: New York Times
Book Review: ‘Paradise, Bronx,’ by Ian Frazier
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2024
Ian Frazier’s history roams far and wide, on foot and in the archives, celebrating (if not romanticizing) a perennially “in between” part of New York. Source: New York Times
Serendipity, Timing and the Birth of a Horology Library
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2022
The Horological Society of New York was shown a library space for rent. Then a collector offered his books. The result? A timekeeping treasure trove. Source: New York Times
Retracing Walt Whitman’s Steps Through Brooklyn and Manhattan
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2022
The poet wandered for himself and for his various day jobs with New York City newspapers. Some of his haunts are still standing; most have been swept away with time. Source: New York Times
Philip Hiat, Rabbi Who Forged Bonds With Other Faiths, Dies at 95
By Gotham Rex on November 3, 2022
His bridge-building efforts notably included a book and traveling exhibition of Jewish manuscripts from the Vatican’s archives. Source: New York Times
How Maulik Pancholy Spends His Sundays
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2022
Maulik Pancholy sets the table but lets his husband do the cooking. Source: New York Times
Spider-Man Swoops Onto Public Library Cards
By Gotham Rex on October 4, 2022
150,000 limited-edition cards will feature the Marvel icon, in a move by the New York Public Library to draw in teenage readers. Source: New York Times
How Erica Jong, Writer, Spends Her Sundays
By Gotham Rex on September 24, 2022
What gets this best-selling novelist going? Cappuccinos, movies with her grandchildren and her go-to notebook. Source: New York Times
John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2022
His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class. Source: New York Times