Deborah Solomon

Project Nim: The Dope on a Charismatic Chimp

Regina Weinreich | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Joyce Butler, Elizabeth Hess, Nim Chimsky, Bob Ingersoll, Stephanie LaFarge, Edie Falco, Calvin Trillin, Deborah Solomon, Ellen Kuras, Julie Taymor, Daphne Merkin, Laura Ann Pettito, The Chimp Who Would Be Human, Herbert Terrace, Project Nim, Adam Gopnik, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

Nim Chimsky, the star of a new movie, died too soon. A charming troublemaker, this chimp was the subject of an experiment in understanding language and communication.

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92nd Street Y's Steve Martin Event Ends In REFUND

nytimes.com | FELICIA R. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Martin Interview, 92nd St Y, Deborah Solomon, NY Culture, 92nd Street Y, Ny News, Steve Martin, New York News

In the history of intellectual chatter, the events of Nov. 29, 2010, at the 92nd Street Y will be archived under disaster. Or comedy. That night, a...

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Steve Martin At The 92 St. Y

The Huffington Post | Sammy Perlmutter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Martin learned Monday night that when a comedian talks about his book, nobody laughs. Or cares. On Nov. 29 Martin spoke with the New York Times...

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Culture Wars Return to Washington and New York

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve Martin, Religion, Congress, Culture Wars, Deborah Solomon, Martin Sullivan, New York Times, National Potrait Gallery, Media, National Endowment for the Arts, Bill Donohue, New York, 92nd Street Y, David Wojnarowicz, Arts News
Raymond J. Learsy

As a Presidential Appointee in the 1980's to the National Council of the National Endowment for the Arts, it pains me enormously to see a replay of the Culture Wars that were played out so destructively in those years.

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Que (Michael) Cera, Sera: A Virtual Re-Interview of a Canadian Zen Master by an American Journalist

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pavel Somov, Ph.D.

The following is a mash-up of Deborah Solomon's NYTimes Magazine interview of actor Michael Cera -- in which the interviewee's responses are arbitrarily matched against actual and virtual questions.

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Me, Too! I Want To Be A Senator From New York

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deborah Solomon, New York Senate Seat, New York Times, Prince Charles, Diane Tucker, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Caroline Kennedy, Politics News
Diane Tucker

Lots of New Yorkers are throwing their hats into the ring, but everyone's talking about Kennedy. Did you read her interview in the New York Times on Sunday?

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NYT Mag's "10 Questions" To Carry Disclaimer

Editor & Publisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Recent criticism directed at The New York Times for how it handles the seamlessly edited one-page Sunday Q and A in its Sunday magazine, handled by De...

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NYT's Public Editor Says "Questions For" Writer Isn't Following Protocol

New York Times | Clark Hoyt | Posted 05.25.2011

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When you read Deborah Solomon's "Questions For" in The New York Times Magazine, it's like crashing an exclusive book party at Tina Brown's East Side g...

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New York Press Raps Deborah Solomon Over Creatively-Edited Q&As

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amy Dickinson, Deborah Solomon, Ira Glass, Deborah Solomon Interviews, Tim Russert, The New York Times, Eat the Press, Media News

A NY Press reporter learned from two prominent subjects that the Solomon's Q-and-A methods were somewhat less than straightforward.

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