Danny Trejo opens up about being typecast — and a close call with the Mexican Mafia
Recalling his years behind bars recently, the actor Danny Trejo sometimes snorted or rubbed his face with both hands, as if bracing himself against traumas…
Books
Review: ‘The Plague Year,’ by Lawrence Wright
“The Plague Year” by Lawrence Wright; Alfred A. Knopf (336 pages, $28) What hath Lawrence Wright wrought? For decades the New Yorker staff writer has…
Yankees legend and son of Italy: Pioneering ‘Poosh ‘Em Up’ Tony Lazzeri
“Tony Lazzeri: Yankees Legend and Baseball Pioneer” by Lawrence Baldassaro; University of Nebraska Press (352 pages, $34.95) Before DiMaggio, there was Lazzeri. A home run…
The luck and influence of the Irish across the globe
“The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism” by Turtle Bunbury; Thames & Hudson (304 pages, $34.95) Ireland’s greatest export always was its people….
Women’s wars: From the American revolution to the sexual revolution
Whenever there’s been a war for freedom, women have helped wage it. They were on the battlefield in America’s struggle for independence and the fight…
Cicely Tyson’s new memoir, ‘Just as I Am,’ is a gift
“Just as I Am” by Cicely Tyson; HarperCollins (432 pages, $28.99) “The art of acting is the art of exposing, an emotional unveiling before others,”…
The key to creativity? Be a better listener, says ‘The Artist’s Way’ author Julia Cameron
For more than 25 years, millions of people have awakened and grabbed not their phones, but paper, filling stream-of-consciousness “Morning Pages” — a creativity-boosting ritual…
The 10 Best Books of 2020: It was an off year for the arts, but not for books. Our list of favorites, fiction and nonfiction
You know what didn’t fail in 2020? Books. The publishing industry had rough spots, like everyone. Bookstores closed, most struggled. But the medium — unlike…
Jonathan Alter’s portrait of Jimmy Carter shows ‘His Very Best’
“His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life” by Jonathan Alter; Simon & Schuster (782 pages, $37.50) You might think you know the story of Jimmy…
What we got wrong in the fog of MAGA about the white working class
book details “The Riches of This Land: The Untold, True Story of America’s Middle Class” by Jim Tankersley; PublicAffairs (320 pages, $28) In July 1969,…