How Mary Weiss Influenced Musicians From the Ramones to Amy Winehouse
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Paul Auster’s Life and Work Were Marked by Death
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Too Old to Ace This Year-End Quiz? Ask a Kid for Help.
By Rebecca KatzmanIllustrations by Gabe Schneider Everyone knows that adults pay more attention to what’s going on in the world… Read More »Too Old to Ace This Year-End Quiz? Ask a Kid for Help.
How Wally Amos Made His Cookies — and Himself — ‘Famous’
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Wafa Al-Udaini, Palestinian Journalist, Told Story of Gaza That Was Full of Life
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With ‘The Backyardians,’ Janice Burgess Combined High Culture With Childish Delight
Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you… Read More »With ‘The Backyardians,’ Janice Burgess Combined High Culture With Childish Delight
How Peter Buxtun Exposed the Notorious Tuskegee Syphilis Scandal
For years, he tried to expose the Tuskegee syphilis study – but no one would listen.
Angela Bofill Was a Musical Virtuoso Who Never Quite Got Her Due
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How Naomi Feil Developed a Radical Approach to Caring for Dementia Patients
Before the answers to life’s questions fit in our pocket, you used to have to turn a dial. If you… Read More »How Naomi Feil Developed a Radical Approach to Caring for Dementia Patients
How Hettie Jones Helped Kickstart New York’s Beat Scene
Despite her husband’s betrayal, she recreated herself as the writer she always was.