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ArtsBeat: Report Highlights Threats to Cartoonists Worldwide [19 May 2015|04:01am] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/466f7623/sc/7/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C190Creport0Ehighlights0Ethreats0Eto0Ecartoonists0Eworldwide0E20C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/report-highlights-threats-to-cartoonists-worldwide-2/ The Committee to Protect Journalists report highlights the governmental and nongovernmental perils that cartoonists face. post comment

‘God Is Not Here,’ by Bill Russell Edmonds [19 May 2015|09:30am] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/46737135/sc/7/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C240Cbooks0Creview0Cgod0Eis0Enot0Ehere0Eby0Ebill0Erussell0Eedmonds0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/books/review/god-is-not-here-by-bill-russell-edmonds.html A former military adviser in Iraq struggles to adjust to postwar life after enduring the moral complexities of combat. post comment

‘Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker,’ by Thomas Kunkel [19 May 2015|09:30am] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/46737134/sc/3/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C240Cbooks0Creview0Cman0Ein0Eprofile0Ejoseph0Emitchell0Eof0Ethe0Enew0Eyorker0Eby0Ethomas0Ekunkel0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/books/review/man-in-profile-joseph-mitchell-of-the-new-yorker-by-thomas-kunkel.html A biography of Joseph Mitchell attempts to explain one of literary history’s “greatest disappearing acts.” post comment

Bookends: Should There Be a Minimum Age for Writing a Memoir? [19 May 2015|01:45pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/4673712d/sc/33/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C240Cbooks0Creview0Cshould0Ethere0Ebe0Ea0Eminimum0Eage0Efor0Ewriting0Ea0Ememoir0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/24/books/review/should-there-be-a-minimum-age-for-writing-a-memoir.html Leslie Jamison and Benjamin Moser debate whether someone should reach a certain age before writing a memoir. post comment

ArtsBeat: MacDowell Colony Establishes Fellowship for Diversity [19 May 2015|07:15pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/4675d1aa/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C190Cmacdowell0Ecolony0Eestablishes0Efellowship0Efor0Ediversity0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/macdowell-colony-establishes-fellowship-for-diversity/ An anonymous $200,000 gift has helped create the Charlotte Sheedy Fellowship, named for a longtime literary agent. post comment

Books of The Times: Review: In Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid,’ a Lesbian on the Run Masquerades as Black [19 May 2015|07:39pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/46769b92/sc/3/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C20A0Cbooks0Creview0Ein0Enell0Ezinks0Emislaid0Ea0Elesbian0Eon0Ethe0Erun0Emasquerades0Eas0Eblack0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/books/review-in-nell-zinks-mislaid-a-lesbian-on-the-run-masquerades-as-black.html Nell Zink’s second novel portrays a lesbian who flees her gay husband and her son, lying low by posing as black with her daughter in 1960s Virginia. post comment

Books of The Times: Review: In Nell Zink’s ‘Mislaid,’ Sex, Race, Marriage and Other Cosmic Jokes [19 May 2015|07:39pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/46769b92/sc/3/l/0L0Snytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C20A0Cbooks0Creview0Ein0Enell0Ezinks0Emislaid0Ea0Elesbian0Eon0Ethe0Erun0Emasquerades0Eas0Eblack0Bhtml0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/books/review-in-nell-zinks-mislaid-a-lesbian-on-the-run-masquerades-as-black.html Nell Zink’s second novel portrays a lesbian who flees her gay husband and her son, lying low by posing as black with her daughter in 1960s Virginia. post comment

ArtsBeat: Laszlo Krasznahorkai Wins Man Booker International Prize [19 May 2015|10:13pm] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640314/s/4676ce40/sc/38/l/0Lartsbeat0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A150C0A50C190Claszlo0Ekrasznahorkai0Ewins0Eman0Ebooker0Einternational0Eprize0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/laszlo-krasznahorkai-wins-man-booker-international-prize/ Mr. Krasznahorkai, the author of “Satantango,” is the sixth winner of the award. post comment

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