Caleb Carr visits the grave of his beloved Masha, whom he considers the love of his life, every day. “We have a little chat,” said Carr, best known for his 1994 crime novel “The Alienist,” during a video call from his home in upstate New York. It’s late at night — Carr is a longtime night owl who does most of his work after it gets dark — and the author, who now has a long white beard, is thinking about grief and dying — subjects that linger over his new nonfiction book, “My Beloved Monster,”...
A good memoir should be more than an autobiography and less than a confessional but contain elements of both. As a reader, I am less interested in being overwhelmed with family trauma and pathos except when it informs the greater tale being told. Quite often, it is the memoirs that feature an excess of pathos More
By Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — It’s been a year since a man shot a Northland teenager in the head when he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell. Ralph Yarl was seriously injured in the shooting. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent months recovering and
By Heidi Schmidt Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — It’s been a year since a man shot a Northland teenager in the head when he mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell. Ralph Yarl was seriously injured in the shooting. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and spent months recovering and
Lawyers told the High Court how New Zealand-born McPherson changed his name multiple times and amassed 32 convictions spanning 15 years in three countries.
A woman who discovered yoga while travelling and brought her passion back to Sunderland is celebrating opening a new, larger studio in the city. Claire Lormor started out offering ‘yoga brunches’ at Holmeside Coffee in the Winter Gardens in 2018 before going on to offer all manner of experiences to help boost wellness in Wearside. Six years later, her ‘Wellness Space’ now has nine tutors hosting sessions on everything from energetic to relaxing yoga, beginners yoga to more advanced yoga, as...
This week millions of Americans were held hostage by pro-terrorist protesters blocking critical infrastructure in major cities across the country. Americans were prevented from getting to and from airports, crossing bridges, and picking up kids—their very freedom of movement was stolen by anti-Semites participating in the planned protest calling for destroying Israel and "Death to America." And one political party helped fund the effort.
On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He discussed it with Jeffrey Brown for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.
The former 'Today' anchor also revealed where she stands on those rumors
The actor said he regrets missing out on his eldest Cameron's childhood
The scheme at the heart of the charges against Donald Trump in New York is well-known: To keep allegations of an affair with the adult-film actress Stormy Daniels from becoming public, Trump is accused of agreeing to pay her $130,000, camouflaged as payments to Michael Cohen for legal services. It’s in the camouflaging that Trump is charged with committing the 34 felonies at issue before a jury starting Monday. But the jury, and the country, are going to hear a lot of evidence of Trump’s other...
Former President Trump's legal travails will take center stage this week during a busy and important week for the presumptive GOP nominee's court battles. The showcase attracting attention is the New York hush money trial after a jury was selected for the battle last week. But it is just one front for the former president,