An Undaunted Writer Who Broke an Invisible Barrier in Japan
Saou Ichikawa is the country’s first severely disabled author to win a top literary prize. Her novel “Hunchback” is an angry cry against “ableist machismo.”
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Profits Are Stagnant. But the Funeral Industry Is Not Dead Yet.
“Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. When a young hunter died, Lanae Strovers didn’t plan a funeral service with organ music and the Lord’s Prayer. After Ms. Strovers, a director at Hamilton’s …
TikTok Influencer in Mexico Is Shot Dead While Livestreaming
The death of Valeria Márquez, 23, was the latest reminder of the rise in violence against women in the country.
U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific samples she carried into the U.S.
Restaurant Critic Confidential
Besha Rodell’s memoir, “Hunger Like a Thirst,” is also a fascinating capsule history of restaurant criticism.
Who Is Searching for Emmilee Risling?
A few months after Emmilee Risling went missing, her parents received a map. It was crudely drawn, sketched in ink on lined notebook paper. Slashed lines indicated roads; a rectangle marked a fire station. An acquaintance had passed it along from an …
Free the Cannes Red Carpet!
We regret to inform your Instagram feed that there will be no exposed nipples on the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet this year. There will, officially, “for decency reasons,” be no nudity at all. No “naked dressing” then and also apparently none of …
Elizabeth Pochoda, Journalist Who Traversed the Media World, Dies at 83
She was a writer and a top editor at publications as diverse as The Nation, Vogue and Entertainment Weekly. She also helped found Grand Street and reboot Vanity Fair.
Murals Have Moved In
The expansive wall art, which has mostly been out on the streets over the last few decades, is returning to its cave-dwelling origins: homes.
Takeaways From Harvey Weinstein’s Trial, and What’s Ahead in Week 5
The disgraced producer’s trial on sex charges resumes Tuesday in Manhattan with the cross-examination of a woman who says he abused her repeatedly.