The Jamaican-born writer likes to read in bed, watch ‘tear-jerky’ YouTube videos and cook for friends. Source: New York Times
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Stephanie Selby, Ballerina Who Inspired Many, Dies at 57
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2022
A 1976 book of photographs and text traced her year at the School of American Ballet and made her famous. But a darker story lay underneath. Source: New York Times
How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity
By Gotham Rex on February 6, 2022
Works written decades ago, often by female Jewish immigrants, were dismissed as insignificant or unmarketable. But in the past several years, translators devoted to the literature are making it available to a wider readership. Source: New York Times
Arnie Kantrowitz, Pioneer of Gay Liberation, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on February 3, 2022
A professor, author and activist, he fought against discrimination because of sexual orientation and for fairness from the media. Source: New York Times
Dennis Smith, Firefighter Who Wrote Best Sellers, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on January 23, 2022
“Report from Engine Co. 82” was the first of his 16 books. He also started Firehouse magazine and was the founding chairman of the New York City Fire Museum. Source: New York Times
Ben McFall, ‘the Heart of the Strand,’ Is Dead at 73
By Gotham Rex on December 30, 2021
He was the longest-tenured bookseller in the history of New York’s most storied bookstore, and he perpetuated its bohemian character. Source: New York Times
Anthony Broadwater Was Convicted of Raping Alice Sebold. Then the Case Unraveled.
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2021
Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Ms. Sebold, now a best-selling author. When his lawyers saw the trial transcript, they could only wonder what took so long. Source: New York Times
Cuomo Is Ordered to Forfeit Earnings From $5.1 Million Book Deal
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2021
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo received authorization to write the book under false pretenses, the board had previously ruled. Source: New York Times
Alice Sebold Apologizes to Man Wrongly Convicted of Raping Her
By Gotham Rex on November 30, 2021
Anthony Broadwater spent 16 years in prison after the author identified him as her attacker in an assault she described in her memoir “Lucky.” Source: New York Times
How a Book- Pickle- and Tchotchke-Seller Spends Sundays
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2021
When she’s not at her whimsical secondhand shop, Leigh Altshuler plays board games and visits neighbors. Source: New York Times
Cuomo May Have to Forfeit Millions Earned From Pandemic Memoir
By Gotham Rex on November 16, 2021
A New York State ethics panel revoked its approval that allowed Andrew Cuomo to write his book, contending that he broke his promise not to use state resources. Source: New York Times
‘I Don’t Know What a Carrie Is’: Candace Bushnell Works It Out Onstage
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
The writer maps her life in a one-woman show, “Is There Still Sex in the City?,” beginning previews this weekend at the Daryl Roth Theater. Source: New York Times
Reading Around New York
By Gotham Rex on November 4, 2021
Even amid the clamor of a city of millions, New Yorkers have always been able to escape into a good book. Source: New York Times
The Visionary Community of the Harlem Y.M.C.A.
By Gotham Rex on October 15, 2021
In the early 20th century, the building became a meeting place for many of the writers, artists, actors and activists who defined a new and vibrant Black culture. Source: New York Times
‘Black No More’ to Land Off Broadway This Winter
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2021
The musical will feature the theatrical debut of the Roots’ Black Thought, who will be writing the music and lyrics and be in a lead role. Source: New York Times