He gave readers a comprehensive and lyrical account of the historic mission in 1969. His science coverage as a Pulitzer-winning journalist and an author took him around the world. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Writing and Writers”
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
Richard Severo, Times Reporter in Internal Clash Over Book, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on June 16, 2023
He challenged a company’s prerogative to transfer an employee and a news organization’s ability to assert publishing rights when a reporter’s articles are used for a book. 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
Peter Schjeldahl, New York Art Critic With a Poet’s Voice, Dies at 80
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2022
Mr. Schjeldahl, who wrote for The New Yorker and The Village Voice, was an indispensable guide to art on view, both old and new. Source: New York Times
Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else
By Gotham Rex on October 5, 2022
The first African American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in drama has four shows this season. “If you can hear the world singing, it’s your job to write it down,” she said. 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
New Yorker Festival, which runs Will Host Bono and Rep Jamie Raskin
By Gotham Rex on September 6, 2022
The three day-festival beginning on Oct. 7 will also include conversations with stars like Ben Stiller, Chloe Bailey and Sandra Oh. Source: New York Times
Charlie Finch, Caustic Chronicler of New York’s Art Scene, Dies at 69
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2022
He exposed what he saw as pretension and bad art with passion and, at times, viciousness, winning fans but offending many. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Rushdie Attack Loses His Mother’s Support
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2022
Hadi Matar, 24, kept to himself and was changed by a 2018 trip to the Middle East. Source: New York Times
The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Renews Free Speech Debates
By Gotham Rex on August 15, 2022
After the attack, writers and world leaders hailed Rushdie as a symbol of free expression. But the battle lines around his novel “The Satanic Verses” were never cleanly drawn. Source: New York Times
Salman Rushdie Is Off Ventilator and Starting to Recover
By Gotham Rex on August 14, 2022
Mr. Rushdie’s agent said Sunday that the writer, who was attacked on Friday after years under threat, was beginning a slow journey of healing. Source: New York Times
Salman Rushdie is attacked onstage in Western New York.
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2022
The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him. Source: New York Times
Salman Rushdie Is Attacked Onstage in Western New York
By Gotham Rex on August 12, 2022
The author was set to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when an assailant rushed at him. Source: New York Times