Emma Alpern

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Emma Alpern

Paul Finebaum Gives Honest Opinion on CFP Championship Coach Leaving for New SchoolThe 2024 season turned out to be a magical one for the Ohio State Buckeyes. However, it didn't appear that way at the end of the regular season. The …

Jan 7, 2025 | vulture.com | Emma Alpern |Jen Chaney |Madeline Leung Coleman |Julie Kosin

In uncertain times, we look to our sharpest writers. A new year always brings some uncertainty, and that seems particularly true at the start of 2025. As America grapples with a new (yet familiar) political era, and the larger world faces challenges with few easy solutions, what better way to settle into our precarious existence than in the company of our sharpest writers?

Dec 6, 2024 | grubstreet.com | Emma Alpern |Adam Mazur

Book people, says Youngmi Mayer — who published her first memoir, I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying, last month — are a little gentler than the crowds she usually runs with. In her 20s, Mayer opened Mission Chinese Food with her ex-husband; later, she found a new kind of success doing stand-up and posting comedy online.

Nov 21, 2024 | vulture.com | Emma Alpern

As I wait on line to enter Cipriani Wall Street, I have a goal in mind: Find out what Miranda July is wearing. July, whose second novel, All Fours, came out in the spring, is one of five authors nominated for a National Book Award for fiction this year; she’s also a Prada collaborator and will presumably show up stylishly. The dress code tonight is formal, and guests at the National Book Foundation’s 75th awards ceremony have mostly complied, wearing tuxedos, ball gowns, and lots of sequins.

Nov 20, 2024 | vulture.com | Tomi Obaro |Emma Alpern |Sarah Gilmartin |Maris Kreizman

We asked critics for the best Irish novels published in the past 15 years. It’s a truism that the Irish cast a long and influential shadow over English-language literature. James Joyce appears near the top of most lists of influential writers, and more recently, Sally Rooney discourse clogs our feeds every time she publishes a new novel. Last year, four of the five writers longlisted for the Booker Prize were Irish.