Last month, Delhi’s lieutenant governor granted the police permission to prosecute Indian activist and prize-winning author Arundhati Roy under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Back in 2010, Roy said …
From the day the first primitive human clambered up a tree while fleeing a pack of ravenous wolves — and later grunted out the details of their narrow escape to …
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Harry Potter fans found themselves in stitches, discovering what they have dubbed the “greatest-ever” translation of the beloved series, of which many were …
In The Coin, Yasmin Zaher’s novel about a young Palestinian woman doing her best to build a life that works for her in New York City, cleanliness is, indeed, close …
There are so many niche hobbies and careers in Long Island Compromise. What was the weirdest rabbit hole you found yourself in? I have two very close friends who are …
The February 27, 2023 issue of New York magazine is one whose cover I can still vividly recall. “Bon Appétit,” read a bold-typed white caption superimposed over an image of …
You can tell a lot about a man from the company he keeps, but also, added Hilaire Belloc, from the library he keeps. Naturally enough, I’m casting an eye around …
By Jim Vertuno | Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie …
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A striking amount of reality show creators were gay, like John Murray, who created The Real World, and Charlie Parsons, who helped create Survivor. I don’t know whether that’s because …
Osamu Dazai (1909-48) is one of Japan’s literary legends: a tormented and embittered man who drowned himself in the Tamagawa Canal, and yet who lived on in his books to …