Metamorphoses' ancient tales deal with identity and climate change
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The artist's illustrations are ubiquitous these days – but there may be a cost
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All photographs courtesy of Karen Shepard.
September 17, 2023, 11:22 P.M.
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There were exhilarating winners, stunning eulogies, and a party atmosphere
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Patty Hearst was abducted by a revolutionary group - but then she joined it
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The New York Academy of Art said Friday that it will give away money donated by the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after newly released Justice Department files shed new light on his ties to the institution.
According to the New York Times, the school said it plans to donate $65,900 linked to Epstein to a nonprofit that supports victims of human trafficking. It had previously redirected another $30,000 he had given to the academy.
In an email sent to students and alumni, the academy’s board acknowledged what it described as “serious failures in judgment and governance” in maintaining connections with Epstein after his criminal conduct had become known. The school also said it would review its policies around philanthropy and donor engagement.
The New York Academy of Art was just one of Epstein’s myriad connections to the art world. He served on the academy’s board in the early 1990s and remained involved with the institution for years afterward. According to recently released federal documents, he attended fundraising events such as the Tribeca Ball and the school’s “Take Home a Nude” auction, and was courted to support scholarship programs.
The documents suggest that some of Epstein’s connections with the academy continued even after he had been investigated in Florida in connection with the sexual abuse of underage girls.
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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Here are the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in this week.
The Books Behind This Year’s Big Pictures
As the Academy Awards approach this Sunday, Publishers Weekly has rounded up their original takes on many of the books connected to the year’s biggest flicks. There’s Hamnet, of course, and Train Dreams (my favorite under-the-radar film of 2025), plus Thomas Pynchon’s Vineland, which inspired One Battle After Another. Nonfiction fans, don’t despair. Biographies of Mary Shelley, Turgenev, and lyricist Lorenz Hart (played beautifully by Ethan Hawke in Blue Moon) also await.
Study up for Oscars night with our Zero to Well-Read deep dives into Hamnet and Vineland.
The Secret is There is No Secret
The data and anecdata line up on this one: people are reading less and having a harder time focusing on books. The solution is simple but not easy: just do it. That’s the crux of this five-step plan for reclaiming your attention, and I appreciate that it begins with reminding yourself why you’re setting out to read deeply. There really is no secret, no hack, no shortcut. If you want to be a person who spends sustained periods of time reading books, you have to spend sustained periods of time reading books. One page counts. Want more tips? We’ve got you covered.
The Book Thief at 20
Book Riot senior editor Kelly Jensen chats with Markus Zusak as his blockbuster YA novel turns 20.
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In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Book Deals
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