Naomi Watts Thinks David Bowie Was Onto Something
Naomi Watts remembers being told that by the time she turned 40, her acting career would be finished. Now 56, she is fresh off a Golden Globe nomination for her…
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, 90, Dies; Her Internment Inspired a Memoir
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, whose memoir about living as a child in an internment camp during World War II put a personal stamp on the hysteria that led the United States…
Howard Buten, Autism Therapist, Novelist and Clown, Is Dead at 74
Howard Buten, a college dropout from Detroit, juggled three extraordinary lives. In one, he was a tender, clumsy and wordless red-nosed clown named Buffo. He sold out theaters around the…
Neko Case Has Sung Hard Truths. Now She’s Telling Hers in a Memoir.
An emotionally somnambulant year and a half later, her father just as suddenly announced that her mother was alive and, actually, they were on their way to see her just…
The Ultimate Neko Case Primer
▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 5. Neko Case: “Hold On, Hold On” When Case released her 2006 album “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” she described this track…
Publishers and Influencers Wonder What Could Replace the Power of BookTok
Two years ago, Jeneane O’Riley self-published her fantasy romance novel, “How Does it Feel?,” an enemies-to-lovers tale about a woman who meets a handsome, unhinged fairy prince. Without a publisher…
Disabled and in Love – The New York Times
Nearly a decade ago, back when platforms like Tumblr still ruled the internet, I stumbled upon a popular blog called “Laughing at My Nightmare.” Thus began one of my first…
Overlooked No More: Karen Wynn Fonstad, Who Mapped Tolkien’s Middle-earth
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1977, Karen Wynn Fonstad made a…
‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Hank Azaria’s Advice for Overcoming Codependency
This transcript was created using speech recognition software. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript…