Ike Williams, ‘the original Bostonian literary agent,’ dies at 86
Along with his pioneering work as a Boston literary agent, Mr. Williams was deeply engaged "in civil rights in Boston, in ...
Correspondence school with cartoonist Howard Cruse: How I met my late mother through their letters
When I picked up the phone to call Cruse — always Howie to me — the most important thing I knew was that he had known my ...
Transcript: The Futurist: Superagency with Reid Hoffman
It's my pleasure today to be in conversation with Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and the author of a new book, "Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With Our AI Future?" ...
Building Trust, Securing Land: Blockchain Solutions for Ghana's Development
Land ownership is a big deal in Ghana. It's about more than just a place to live; it's about family history, farming, and ...
Opinion
Jenny Boylan on humanizing the trans experience
Writer Jenny Boylan transitioned 25 years ago and in that time she has seen the culture change dramatically when it comes to treatment of trans people. In some ways it’s gotten better, and in some ...
Paul Theroux: ‘The business of identity, cultural appropriation and pronouns harms the imagination’
The travel writer and novelist on ignoring woke politics, smoking opium in Afghanistan and the book that broke his marriage ...
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RaMell Ross reimagines Blackness’s aesthetic in Nickel Boys
When RaMell Ross speaks about filmmaking, he doesn’t talk about entertainment or box office success. Instead, he describes his work as “knowledge production” – a means of engaging with the world’s ...
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For dedication to community, OSU librarian Missy Creed was selected for a national award
"As you can imagine, when people go to the doctor and they get some news that they don't want or weren't ready for or don't want to hear, sometimes your brain kind of leaves you." Creed was ...
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‘Orbital’ Imagines The Inner Lives Of Astronauts On The ISS
In the book, author Samantha Harvey imagines the inner life of astronauts aboard the ISS ... From Earth, living on the International Space Station can seem, I don’t know, kind of magical. Floating ...
Inside Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Big Business Ambitions, 5 Years After Their Royal Exit
Ensconced in their cozy Montecito mansion, the Sussexes are living the American dream. By all accounts, the love is real. But ...
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Toussaint Francois Battiste stars in CTC’s ‘Milo Imagines the World’
This month, he stars in “Milo Imagines the World,” a musical adaptation of the children’s book by writer Matt de ... SR: Is Milo kind of a different person than you? TFB: Actually, we ...
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A King? A Pawn? A Rogue? The Founders Could Barely Imagine a President.
Schiff, the author of “The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams,” is at work on a book about Benjamin Franklin ... As to executive powers, Franklin objected to any kind of absolute presidential ...