Arts and Fun

Despite his phenomenal literary achievements, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Díaz was not always on the path to becoming a writer. … Full Article

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in modern Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' manager. … Full Article

Nia Vardalos, writer and star of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” will appear at The BookMark Shoppe in Bay Ridge on Thursday, April 4 to celebrate the release of her book “Instant Mom: I Thought I Knew Love, and Then I Met My Daughter.” In the book, Vardalos tells her hilarious and poignant roa … Full Article

Fiona Maazel, Brooklyn-based author of “Last Last Chance,” will appear at powerHouseArena in DUMBO tonight, April 3, to launch her  … Full Article

Walk into any bookstore and you’ll see plenty of self-help books on shelves. Writers offer advice on everything from how to find the perfect mate to how to lose 50 pounds. But writer Brad Manzo’s new autobiographical book can be viewed as the anti-advice book. … Full Article

For Brooklyn writer Amy Shearn, what began as a snippet of family lore has now turned into her second novel. … Full Article

Elizabeth Strout, bestselling author of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winner “Olive Kitteridge,” will be the next featured speaker at  … Full Article

Though she’s settled in Brooklyn, author Ellie Levinson has spent the majority of her life across the world. … Full Article

Stephane Kirkland, a writer who splits his time between Brooklyn and Paris, will soon release his vivid and engrossing account of the greatest transformation of a major city in modern history. … Full Article

The New York Aquarium has cherished its setting on the Coney Island Boardwalk half a century. But the ocean that is the aquarium's lifeblood dealt it a shattering blow last fall. … Full Article