Arts
In 'Paddy Buckley' Suffering Through Four Last Days With Dark Comedy
Jeremy Massey's debut novel centers on an undertaker with magical abilities — like communicating with dogs and flies. Critic Jason Sheehan says Massey has an eye for black humor.
'Nimona' Shifts Shape And Takes Names — In Sensible Armor, Of Course
Comics creator Noelle Stevenson has written for Boom! Studios and Marvel's new female Thor. Her webcomic Nimona, about a young shapeshifter with a streak of villainy, has just been released as a book.
Puerto Rico Wants To Grow Your Next Cup Of Specialty Coffee
More than a century ago, Puerto Rico used to produce world-class coffee. Now farmers there are trying to rebuild the industry by focusing on growing higher-quality beans, which command higher prices.
Whitney Museum's New Building Opens Doors (And Walls) To Outside World
For decades, the museum was housed in a concrete fortress with few windows. Its new home offers striking views of the Manhattan skyline, but critics say the design draws attention away from the art.
Tom Brokaw Reflects On Cancer, 'Nightly News' And His 'Lucky Life'
The former NBC anchorman says his multiple myeloma diagnosis two years ago made him "more conscious of the fact that the days are more numbered." His new memoir is A Lucky Life Interrupted.
Myth, Fantasy And Sci-Fi Dovetail In 'Archivist Wasp'
Nicole Kornher-Stace's new novel follows Wasp, an Archivist tasked with hunting ghosts to scavenge information about the past for her primitive post-apocalyptic society — where all is not as it seems.
A Rust Belt Story Retold, Through Portraits Of The Women Who Lived It
LaToya Ruby Frazier's photography tells the story of the black community living in the shadow of Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill through portraits of her grandmother, her mother and herself.
For Artist Elaine De Kooning, Painting Was A Verb, Not A Noun
One of de Kooning's friends once asked her what it was like to work in the shadow of her husband, Willem de Kooning. She replied: "I don't paint in his shadow, I paint in his light.'"
Tradition with a Twist of Ingenuity: the Secret Ingredients of a Cocktail
A man walks into a bar and orders a Cosmopolitan to numb his recent breakup wounds.
No, he doesn't.