Jonathan Ames, known for his confessional essays and TV shows like “Bored to Death,” tries his hand at a detective novel with “A Man Named Doll.” Source: New York Times
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Carol Prisant, Elegant Design Writer, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2021
She was a 51-year old former antiques dealer with no experience as a writer when she wrote to the editor of The World of Interiors magazine about a job. She was hired. Source: New York Times
A New York Intellectual Bastion Finds a New Home
By Gotham Rex on April 15, 2021
The New York Institute for the Humanities, founded in 1977 as a venue for cross-disciplinary conversation, is moving to the New York Public Library. Source: New York Times
Peter Manso, Biographer of Brando and Mailer, Dies at 80
By Gotham Rex on April 9, 2021
His relationship with his subjects and critics could be tempestuous. His interview with Mayor Edward I. Koch for Playboy may have cost Koch the governorship Source: New York Times
Morris Dickstein, Critic and Cultural Historian, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on March 26, 2021
He had a passion for reading, and for writing about what he was reading. “Criticism,” he once said, “plays a very important role in keeping people honest.” Source: New York Times
Douglas Turner Ward, Pioneer in Black Theater, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on February 22, 2021
A founder of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York in the 1960s, he was outspoken about limited opportunities for fellow Black actors and directors. Source: New York Times
Albor Ruiz, a Journalistic Voice for Latinos, Is Dead at 80
By Gotham Rex on February 14, 2021
As a columnist for The Daily News, he wrote passionately about the issues facing immigrants and lobbied for the U.S. to lift its trade embargo of his native Cuba. Source: New York Times
He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2021
“My Year Abroad,” his sixth novel, is about letting yourself plunge into the world, even when it hurts. He’s been thinking about that a lot over these past, painful months. Source: New York Times
Sharon Kay Penman, Whose Novels Plumbed Britain’s Past, Dies at 75
By Gotham Rex on January 29, 2021
The author of best-selling books set in medieval England and Wales, she insisted that historical fiction had an obligation to the facts. Source: New York Times
Sharon Begley, a Top Science Journalist, Is Dead at 64
By Gotham Rex on January 22, 2021
Long at Newsweek, she was regarded as one of her generation’s pre-eminent science writers. An “Enlightenment-era figure,” Jon Meacham said. Source: New York Times
‘It’s More Money Than I Imagined.’ So He’s Giving Some of It Away.
By Gotham Rex on December 23, 2020
How Jeremy O. Harris has turned his good fortune into grants, commissions and donations to other playwrights, and to libraries in need. Source: New York Times
Miguel Algarín, Force Behind Nuyorican Cafe, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2020
His Lower East Side performance space has been an incubator for poets, playwrights and other artists, many of them not initially embraced by the mainstream. Source: New York Times
Israel Horovitz, Playwright Tarnished by Allegations of Abuse, Dies at 81
By Gotham Rex on November 11, 2020
Mr. Horovitz found success Off Broadway, working with actors who later became household names. But his life took a downturn when women came forward to describe a pattern of sexual misconduct and assault. Source: New York Times
She’s Moved From the Upper East Side to ‘Cobble Hill’
By Gotham Rex on November 1, 2020
Cecily von Ziegesar, the author of “Gossip Girl,” is going for an adult, possibly Brooklyn-based audience in her new novel, but there will still be drama. Source: New York Times
More Plays, More Stars and More Women in Latest ‘Spotlight’ Series
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2020
The fall After criticism over gender parity, Pearl Cleage, Larissa FastHorse, Adrienne Kennedy and Sarah Ruhl will be featured in the spring. Source: New York Times