Walter Isaacson, a biographer who has written about Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, is working on a book about the world’s richest man.
Tag: Books and Literature
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How ‘Under the Banner of Heaven’ Took On Murder and the Mormon Church
A new FX mini-series adapts the investigative book by Jon Krakauer. He and the creator, Dustin Lance Black, talked about their efforts to get at the truth.
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Vauhini Vara on ‘The Immortal King Rao,’ Her Dystopian Novel That Crosses Into Reality
In Vauhini Vara’s debut novel, a boy from rural India becomes a tech mogul in a world consumed by Big Tech. What seemed impossible, she said, has become real, in life and in technology.
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‘The Bad Guys’ and the Crossroads Its Author Faced
Unable to support his family with his children’s books, Aaron Blabey was ready to give up. Then he came up with the concept that’s now a best seller and an animated movie.
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The Limits of ‘Lived Experience’
Privileging only those voices with a stake in a story carries its own risks.