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.
Category: Writing and Writers
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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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James Rado, Co-Creator of the Musical ‘Hair,’ Is Dead at 90
The New York Times – Music:
Working with his fellow writer and actor Gerome Ragni and the composer Galt MacDermot, he jolted Broadway into the Age of Aquarius.
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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.
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Read Your Way Through Stockholm
The New York Times – Travel:
Lars Kepler, the pen name of a husband-and-wife crime fiction-writing team, is Sweden’s best-selling author. Here, they recommend books that take readers beyond fictitious murders to the soul of the city.
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Leïla Slimani on How to Read Your Way Through Paris
The New York Times – Travel:
Leïla Slimani, winner of France’s Goncourt Prize, describes her Paris and recommends books that reveal hidden facets of the city.
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Werner Herzog’s Fever Dreams
The New York Times – Film:
The filmmaker behind “Grizzly Man” and “Fitzcarraldo” makes a late-career foray into fiction with his new book, “The Twilight World.” He feels he has finally found his medium.
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Geraldine Brooks, on Martha’s Vineyard
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist has a new book, “Horse,” and a very old house, where she spent the pandemic with family and horses.
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Kenny Moore, Marathoner and Track Writer, Dies at 78
The New York Times – Sports:
A three-time All-American, he began a long career at Sports Illustrated while still competing. A former top editor there said, “He was a guy with a real literary bent.”