Monday, July 13, 2015

Bill Finger in “amNY,” a free daily newspaper

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Cristian Salazar at amNewYork contacted me with questions about the connection between the Grand Concourse and the creation of Batman. Thi...
Saturday, July 11, 2015

Jay Emmett, negotiated Siegel and Shuster’s Superman settlement, 1928-2015

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Twice in a two-week period, I was too late. My list of pop culture figures to track down and interview was reduced by two with the deaths o...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Amanda Peterson of “Can’t Buy Me Love,” 1971-2015

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Like many people my age, I saw Can’t Buy Me Love in 1987 and then an untold number of additional times on cable. I even bought the DVD pro...

“Boys of Steel” on NYPL summer reading list

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With the summer reading theme “Every Hero Has a Story” in full swing, I was honored to hear that Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman ...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015

“Bill the Boy Wonder,” Scholastic Book Club edition: “I cried”

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In 2013, Scholastic produced a Book Club (paperback) edition of Bill the Boy Wonder: The Secret Co-Creator of Batman , which I’ve previousl...
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Monday, July 6, 2015

Your life is nonfiction

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Some kids think nonfiction is boring. I don’t blame them. Some adults think so, too, and some nonfiction is boring. Then again, so is some ...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Monsoon, Gandhi’s final walk, and the Taj Mahal

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In January 2015, I spent two eye-opening weeks speaking at the American School of Bombay , my first time in India. I was fortunate to be in...