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“NYC kids need real books, not woke BS” Anastasia Higginbotham, a white Brooklynite children’s book author, knows what New York City kids need to learn. Not math or English or science. Nope: They need lessons on racism. And queerness. And liberation. All are themes in her “What You Don’t Know” — a book that has…
“‘My skinny, sexist, exciting days as a TWA flight attendant’” Ann Hood was 11 years old, living in a small Rhode Island town in the 1960s, when she picked up a book called “How to Become an Airline Stewardess.” The manual described breakfasts in New York, dinners in Rome and boyfriends in every city in…
“‘You Can Negotiate Anything’ advice still holds up in 2022” Most people have a lesson or two — pithy, easily remembered — they associate with their parents. Rich Cohen’s dad, Herbie, has enough lessons to fill a book. “If you’re conned into believing you’re free, escape is not an option.” “Only dead salmon go with…
“Vice President Kamala Harris made $450,000 in book royalties” Vice President Harris hauled in nearly half a million dollars in book royalties during her first year in office, ethics disclosure forms show. Harris reported $325,000 in royalty earnings from her 2019 book “The Truths We Hold,” and another $130,000 for her children’s book “Superheroes Are…
“‘Flight Attendant’ author turns to Old Hollywood for ‘Lioness’” In August 2019, author Chris Bohjalian was at a matinee movie in NYC when the inspiration for what would become his next novel, “The Lioness” (Doubleday), out now, struck. “I emerged from the theater into this cobalt blue sky, steaming heat. Ten minutes earlier I had…
“‘My next-door neighbor was the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski’” They called him “Teddy the Hermit.” In the early 1980s, the Gehring family lived down a dirt road four miles into the forest outside Lincoln, Mont. Their only neighbor was just a quarter-mile away, a quiet recluse living in a cabin without running water or electricity. The…
“Mississippi school board upholds firing over ‘I Need a New Butt’ book” A Mississippi school district upheld a decision to fire an administrator for reading a book called “I Need a New Butt!” to second-graders — but the booted administrator vowed to take the fight to court. Toby Price was sacked as assistant principal at…
“Anna Wintour’s weird $77.33, vegetable-less lunch revealed” Caprese … without tomatoes? Groundbreaking. “Anna: The Biography,” the recently released tome on Anna Wintour, 72, spills secrets of the Vogue editor-in-chief and notorious New York City powerhouse. Of the many shocking disclosures made by the more than 250 sources Amy Odell spoke to for the book, Wintour’s…
“This real estate exec and author also plays in a band, skydives” By day, Richard Doetsch helps manage over $1 billion in residential and commercial real estate properties, including affordable housing, at Hudson Valley Property Group. By night, he’s a successful novelist, about to release his 10th novel — the mystery/romance title “The 13th Hour:…
“This miniature bookish nook holds an entire world inside a food can” Books are life. In my case, it can be literally since I live and breathe books and it is also a huge part of my livelihood. So anything that has to do with books and reading, I’m there. But what if the books…