Alexandra Alter
@xanalter
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New York Times publishing reporter alexandra[dot]alter[@]https://t.co/zGJ4T9rCnp My DMs are open for story tips
Joined September 2009
Laszlo Krasznahorkai Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
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The prize committee said the Hungarian writer’s work “reaffirms the power of art.”
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MrBeast’s Latest Challenge: Writing a Novel With James Patterson
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Jimmy Donaldson, known to his social media fans as MrBeast, is teaming up with the mega-best-selling thriller author.
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Would Joan Didion Have Wanted the World to See Her Notes on Therapy?
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Readers can decide when “Notes to John,” which shows the writer grappling with guilt and vulnerability, is published next week.
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For Joan Didion, Mementos of Her Daughter’s Childhood Became Material
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The opening of the Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne archives in the New York Public Library reveals unseen aspects of their family life, and approach to writing.
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Wrote about a subject I am truly passionate about: animal friendships. A Hare, a Fox, an Owl, a Snail: Animal Memoirs Are Going Wild
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Books about writers’ dogs and cats are a literary staple. Now there’s a booming subset of memoirs about writers’ relationships with less domestic creatures.
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Fifteen years after “The Help,” Kathryn Stockett is publishing a new novel.
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Fifteen years ago, Kathryn Stockett’s debut novel became a best seller, but was also heavily criticized for its portrayal of Black characters. Now, she has written second novel, “The Calamity Club.”
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Most influencer deals fail because brands ask: “What’s your rate?” That’s the fastest way to overpay. Instead: → Pick your CPM target → Back into views/deliverables → Make a reasonable offer
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My very talented friend @Liz_A_Harris 's excellent novel is out and is as funny and provocative as the stellar reviews say!
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In her lively debut novel, “How to Sleep at Night,” Elizabeth Harris measures what happens when the Republican half of a gay couple dials up the campaign rhetoric.
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Fascinating @xwaldie article that explores the tricky question of when the use of familiar genre tropes crosses over into plagiarism
An unpublished author has accused her former agent of conspiring with a bestselling romantasy writer and a powerful publisher to plagiarize her work. I dove into the world of romantic fantasy and the realities of the industry that produces it. https://t.co/QpE4h7o4TO
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On #Incubation with @jacobgoldstein, hear the story of how one obsessive researcher uncovered the link between Epstein-Barr and cancer, changing our perspective on viruses forever. Plus, learn about groundbreaking research on the virus today🎧: https://t.co/oKW9c36FDY
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How Ayad Akhtar's play about artificial intelligence and creativity lured Robert Downey Jr. to Broadway: “Doing a play that addresses this, I think that’s how we wrest back something like control,” Downey said.
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In “McNeal,” the playwright Ayad Akhtar explores the way artificial intelligence is disrupting the literary world and raising questions about creativity.
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Charlie Kirk carried his cross all the way to the end. Now others are taking up the mantle. Watch ElijahStreams onsite coverage.
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news, w/@katie_robertson: In the days leading up to today's decision, senior Post leaders, including Will Lewis and David Shipley, appealed to Jeff Bezos not to end The Post's tradition of endorsing presidential candidates. After Bezos made the decision, Lewis and Shipley sold it
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Navalny's memoir is #1 on Amazon. Here's our story on how it was put together after his death. https://t.co/FKTgHoOA6Y
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How Aleksei Navalny’s Prison Diaries Got Published https://t.co/TMhsAxuImP “It’s very important for me to keep his legacy alive, to bring his voice to as many people as possible...When you lose somebody who’s very close to you, you want everyone to remember him.”
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In his posthumous memoir, compiled with help from his widow, Yulia Navalnaya, Navalny faced the fact that Vladimir Putin might succeed in silencing him. The book will keep “his legacy alive,”...
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Yulia Navalnaya on her husband Aleksei Navalny’s prison diaries, which are being published in a posthumous memoir: “It’s very difficult to read these things,” Navalnaya said. “I don’t know how to express the feeling — it’s like your heart is squeezing.”
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🧵Thread: Seeing Power Clearly — No Exaltation, No Underestimation 1. “To survive, the soul must see power’s lines: who stands above, who stands below, and where you dare to stand.”
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TikTok’s Owner Already Publishes Digital Books. Now It Is Moving Into Print.
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ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant that owns TikTok, will focus its publisher, 8th Note Press, on popular genres such as romance, romantasy and young adult fiction.
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Wrote about Ta-Nehisi Coates, the notion of writing as "care" + the temptations of self-mythology
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In “The Message,” Coates counsels against myth but proves susceptible to his own.
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Scoop w/ @xanalter: WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich is writing a memoir, expected to publish in 2026
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The memoir, which will cover his time in prison and Russia’s move toward autocracy, will be published by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House.
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Han Kang Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
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The South Korean author, best known for “The Vegetarian,” is the first writer from her country to receive the prestigious award.
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Superpowers for Superheroes. Today, we unveil EagleEye: the family of warfighter augments that place mission command & AI directly into the operator's helmet.
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For the past six months, I’ve been trying to figure out why the tech industry – and in particular crypto – have been pouring so much money into political races. The answer is bigger, and much more wide-ranging, than we think, and it appears in the New Yorker today.
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