Breaking News: “Patriot,” Aleksei Navalny’s memoir, will be published in October. It was written during the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison. nyti.ms/3PXv3MM

This will be huge: Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian opposition leader, was writing a memoir about his life and work as a pro-democracy activist before his death, and Knopf will publish it in the US this fall, with a simultaneous global release. nytimes.com/2024/04/11/boo…

These were the most frequently banned books in 2023 nytimes.com/2024/04/08/boo…

The obvious move is to do Lear with the Succession cast: Logan as Lear, Roman as Cordelia, Kendall and Shiv as Regan and Goneril, Connor (or Stewy??) as the fool. Cc ⁦Michael Paulson⁩ nytimes.com/2024/04/05/the…

I spoke to Rebel Wilson about her memoir, how getting malaria inspired her to pursue acting, and how she negotiated a $10 million deal for Pitch Perfect 3 nytimes.com/2024/04/03/boo…

A year ago today, Evan was thrown into a Russian jail.

Putin had taken our colleague hostage, but as a newsroom we made a determination: to investigate the opaque structures and individuals responsible, who now hold his fate in their hands.

This is some of what we found:

🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He remains in a Moscow prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan wsj.com/Evan

I loved this ⁦interview with Percival Everett by ⁦Ellen Gamerman⁩ wsj.com/articles/perci…

Jeremy Strong stars in the Broadway revival of Ibsen’s prescient “An Enemy of the People,” a bitter satire of local politics that soon reveals itself as a slow-boil tragedy of human complacency. nyti.ms/3wWUgjU

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One pot of coffee got me thru only one section, A! How does one keep up?! But I love print edition for collecting stories. My favs: Josette Molland's obit via Adam Nossiter: nytimes.com/2024/03/06/wor… & Gabriel Garcia Marquez's posthumous novel nytimes.com/2024/03/06/boo… via Alexandra Alter

I got this very high stakes question from a reader who wants help choosing a quote from Gabriel García Márquez to get as a tattoo. Any ideas? nytimes.com/2024/03/06/boo…

“It was therapeutic for him, because he was able still to do something with a pen and paper. But he was not going to finish.” Gabriel García Márquez Wanted to Destroy His Last Novel. It’s About to Be Published. nytimes.com/2024/03/06/boo…

“Everyone was ready to be detained. Everyone was a bit surprised that no one was detaining them.” nytimes.com/2024/03/01/wor…

Amy Herzog found herself fighting with Henrik Ibsen while adapting An Enemy of the People. “I was trying to channel him, but also having an argument with him. I felt like, you haven’t given me what I need here, so I’m going to have to make some things up.” shorturl.at/ertwW

With “A Doll’s House” and “An Enemy of the People,” Amy Herzog is becoming known as an Ibsen whisperer. “Mary Jane” will introduce Broadway audiences to her own writing as well. nyti.ms/48pUhcY

Blessed are those books that invent or demand their own criteria! Reviewed Tommy Orange's new novel, Wandering Stars, which takes on the history and horrors of the residential school system newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

The National Book Awards Opens Up to Writers Who Are Not U.S. Citizens nytimes.com/2024/02/15/boo…

cc rat king 🐀