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☆ 27 Works of Fiction Coming This Spring
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ When an Artist Dies, Who Owns Her Story?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was an evening in late January, and Raquel Cecilia Mendieta was dining at the Parador, the 12th-century monastery-turned-hotel where she was staying while she installed artwork for a new survey of Ana Mendieta, the famous Cuban-born performance artist — and Ms. Mendieta’s maternal aunt — at a nearby museum. It had been a long day of assembling logs, soil, pine cones and branches into a reimagining of the artist’s “Untitled: Silueta Series” inside the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, and her dinner companions — her 15-year-old daughter, Anabella, and Grace Hong, the assistant director at Galerie Lelong, which represents the Ana Mendieta estate — were still jet-lagged after traveling from New York. But they jumped when, after plates of bacalao and glasses of white wine had been cleared, Ms. Mendieta checked her phone and exclaimed, “Oh my god!”

Persons: Raquel Cecilia Mendieta, Ana Mendieta, —, Castilla y, Anabella, Grace Hong, Mendieta, “ Organizations: Arte Contemporáneo, Castilla y León, Galerie Lelong Locations: Cuban, New York

☆ The High Priestess of the Personal
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Jamison, wearing an ethereal blue maxi dress, stood before a projector screen showing 19th-century spirit photography. “Being haunted can be a state of abundance,” she said. “Living in the ghost hotel is a state of abundance. Memories are raw material.”One does not check into a ghost hotel without taking inventory of its specters: “Who are you haunted by?” Ms. Jamison told her students to ask themselves. Ms. Jamison said she became acquainted with each of these while writing her new memoir, “Splinters,” which recounts the birth of her child and the end of her marriage.

Persons: ” Leslie Jamison, Jamison, Ms, Jamison’s, ”, Maggie Nelson, Roxane Gay, Eula Organizations: Columbia University

☆ Jezebel, the Oral History: ‘There Was This Riotous Sense of Fun’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Lauren Tousignant, senior editor, 2021, to interim editor in chief, 2023: Jezebel got a little neutered under G/O Media. The last few weeks were the most fun in a way, because they had stopped paying attention to us. Kylie Cheung, staff writer, 2021-2023: It’s worker-owned media like Defector and 404 — or nonprofit newsrooms like The 19th News — that gives me hope. Ashley Reese: I became a better writer because of Jezebel, especially when working with my editors, Katie McDonough and Stassa Edwards. And if we were given the resources that we needed, maybe we wouldn’t be talking about Jezebel in the past tense.

Persons: Lauren Tousignant, Jezebel, Mr, Spanfeller, “, Madeleine Davies, Kylie Cheung, ” Jia Tolentino, Ashley Reese, Katie McDonough, Stassa Edwards Organizations: O Media, The Times, Irin

☆ 34 Works of Fiction to Read This Fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mr. Texas, by Lawrence WrightWright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and longtime resident of Texas, spins a satirical story about his state’s politics. After Sonny’s heroic actions during a fire, a lobbyist approaches him about running for his district’s seat in the Texas state Legislature. As Sonny, who cares deeply about doing the right thing, ventures deeper into his campaign, he must decide how far he’s willing to go to get ahead and save his ranch (and his marriage). Knopf, Sept. 19

Persons: Lawrence Wright Wright, Sonny, . Organizations: . Knopf Locations: Texas

☆ Bookforum Is Returning, Months After Its Closure Was Mourned in the Literary World
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Bookforum, a literary criticism magazine that closed in December to great uproar in the literary world, will be back in print in August with a new publishing partner: The Nation. Bookforum’s relaunch, announced on Thursday, marks a return to form, said Bhaskar Sunkara, president of The Nation, who initiated talks in the spring. Bookforum will remain a quarterly print publication with the same branding and aesthetic, helmed by the staff at the time of its closure, he added. “The economics of a relaunch seemed feasible, especially if it was supported by the infrastructure of an existing publication.”The Bookforum team said they are confident that The Nation is the right partner. “Bhaskar himself has worked on a number of magazines, and The Nation has been around since 1865.”

Persons: Bhaskar Sunkara, “, ”, Sunkara, ” Michael Miller, “ Bhaskar Organizations: The, Jacobin

☆ 24 Works of Fiction to Read This Summer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kate Dwyer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Sun House, by David James DuncanThis novel of ideas, which took Duncan 16 years to complete, follows all manner of people who are staring down crises of faith. These lost souls — from cowboys to urban refugees — make their way to Montana and build new communities for themselves. “I’m really trying to portray something that might give something hope,” Duncan said of the book in an interview with The Idaho Mountain Express. “When I shatter a heart, I try as best as I can to at least partially mend it as well.”Little, Brown, Aug. 8

Persons: David James Duncan, Duncan, “ I’m, ” Duncan, Brown Organizations: Sun, —, Idaho Mountain Express Locations: Montana

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