My mother, Jackie Collins, published her first book in 1968, the year before I was born, and she published her thirty first and last book in 2015, the year she died. The years in between were spent juggling the magnitude of motherhood with the life of a highly successful writer, and my sisters and I […]
Looking to a maestro on the mound to improve your writing game. Credit…Photo illustration by Marcello Velho July 11, 2023, 5:00 a.m. ET Sign up for the On Baseball newsletter. Our analysis of the biggest M.L.B. games, story lines and athletes, delivered daily during the postseason. Socked in during Covid lockdown, I became increasingly obsessed […]
From “The Truth About Max.”Credit…Alice and Martin Provensen THE TRUTH ABOUT MAX, by Alice and Martin Provensen Alice and Martin Provensen were the American picture book’s Ginger and Fred: a supremely poised and stylish illustrator team who, in a collaboration that spanned nearly 40 years and more than 40 children’s books (19 of which they […]
In Pride & Prejudice , neighborhood comes first—literally. It’s the first character introduced, the establishing shot for the world that Austen creates, and the defining order of the relations within it. We, along with the Netherfield players, join the story by moving into it. “Place” in Pride and Prejudice isn’t set dressing, but an ecosystem […]
