The New York Times – Music:
He collaborated on operas with Jack Beeson and Ned Rorem and published numerous poetry books. Late in life, he was victimized by theft.
Category: Books and Literature
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Ni Kuang, Novelist and Screenwriter for Martial Arts Films, Dies at 87
The New York Times – Film:
Best known for fantastical thrillers that doubled as political allegories, he also wrote hundreds of martial arts films for Bruce Lee and others.
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Read Your Way Through Berlin
The New York Times – Travel:
The German author Daniel Kehlmann, most recently of the novel “Tyll,” recommends books that explore the city’s painful past and dynamic present.
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Richard Taruskin, Vigorously Polemical Musicologist, Dies at 77
The New York Times – Music:
Author, critic, teacher and public intellectual, he was an unabashed flamethrower who challenged conventional thinking about classical music.
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Candace Bushnell, Hanya Yanagihara and More on Their Favorite New York City Novels
The New York Times – T Magazine:
These writers, who have themselves set fiction in the city, weigh in on novels by others who have done the same.
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The Best Books to Take You Through Lisbon, Portugal
The New York Times – Travel:
The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.
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Read Your Way Through Lisbon
The New York Times – Travel:
The award-winning Portuguese novelist Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida recommends books to help readers get to know Portugal’s vibrant capital, and spots to read them if you go.
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The 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years
The New York Times – T Magazine:
Four writers and one bookseller gathered over Zoom to make a list devoted to fiction in which the city is more than mere setting.