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Arch Campbell’s New Memoir Documents the Glory Days of Local TV News
Arch Campbell moved to Washington, DC, in 1974 for a job at WRC-TV. He was just in time for a revolution in TV news. "We were taking the place of the first batch of newspeople, who generally chased ...
6 Intimate, Powerful Memoirs to Read This Month
“Memories are conjurings,” writes Lidia Yuknavitch in this quicksilver, expansive exploration of grief and hauntings (the ...
Tell us a New York story: Finalists announced for $50,000 Gotham Book Prize
Rumaan Alam’s “Entitlement,” Ian Frazier’s “Paradise Bronx” and Lisa Ko’s “Memory Piece” are among 13 finalists for the Gotham Book Prize ...
The Black librarian who rewrote the rules of power, gender and passing as white
In the early 20th century – a time when men held most positions of authority – Greene was a celebrated book agent, a curator and the first director of the Morgan Library. She also earned US$10,000 a ...
The Writer Who Was Afraid of Books
Sarah Chihaya’s unconventional memoir charts her troubled relationship with the literature that formed her.
A canceled radio host and his wife flee to Europe. What could go wrong?
In Andrew Lipstein’s novel ‘Something Rotten,’ a pair of journalists seeks a new life in the old world.