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Our Loaves, Ourselves

1 week ago | miamiherald.com | Hiroko Masuike

“It’s not a cookbook,” poet Jim Franks said about his new book, “Existential Bread.”To dispel any confusion, here’s what readers won’t find in its pages: photos of backlit loaves of bread or of disembodied hands measuring, dusting and kneading. There are no recipes. It’s about bread baking, but only insofar as bread baking is a metaphor for life.
In Brooklyn, a 19th-Century College Is Turned Into Luxury Rentals

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Matt Yan |Hiroko Masuike

The restored building in Bedford-Stuyvesant was once home to the College of St. John the Baptist, which later became St. John's University. The Hartby in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn has features, like this chapel window, that have been restored from when the building was the College of St. John the Baptist in the 1800s. Credit... Residents will soon bring new life to the halls of a 19th century Catholic college in Brooklyn that stood empty and in ruins for over a decade.
NY BLACK WOMEN RESTAURATEURS 3

1 month ago | phillytrib.com | Hiroko Masuike

Leadership of The Philadelphia Tribune received a citation from Philadelphia City Council on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 in honor of the newspaper’s commitment to the Black community for over 140 years.
In Japan, Designers Fit Big Ideas Into Tiny Homes

Dec 6, 2024 | msn.com | Tim Hornyak |Hiroko Masuike

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Elon Musk at a rally for former President Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

Oct 28, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Hiroko Masuike

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At the U.S. Open, Hourly-Wage Ushers Corral the Well-Heeled Crowds

Sep 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | Corey Kilgannon |Hiroko Masuike

Arriving late to Arthur Ashe Stadium, four cocktail-cradling fans waltzed toward their courtside U.S. Open seats like it was an extended happy hour. Then, they ran into Edwin Westley. Mr. Westley, 80, a veteran usher, explained politely but firmly that no one gets to their place without showing their tickets. And no one can walk up to a courtside seat in the middle of a game, lest they distract the players.
Pro-Palestinian Groups Seek to Block a Vice-Presidential Contender

Jul 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jonathan Weisman |Hiroko Masuike

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania took the stage at Wissahickon High School in the Philadelphia suburbs on Monday to the roars of his fellow Democrats, a campaign appearance and an audition all in one. As he enthusiastically shouted out his support for Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign, the pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had dogged Democratic politicians last spring were nowhere in evidence.
In ‘Life and Trust,’ the Details Are in the Devil - The New York Times

Jul 16, 2024 | nytimes.com | Alexis Soloski |Hiroko Masuike

A new immersive piece of theater from the producers of “Sleep No More” transports visitors to the Gilded Age through a retrofitted skyscraper in Manhattan.
HEAT WAVE

Jul 15, 2024 | phillytrib.com | Hiroko Masuike

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The 7 Grueling Months to Reclaim the Bookstore Dream a Fire Stole

May 31, 2024 | nytimes.com | Jordyn Holman |Hiroko Masuike

Lucy Yu wasn't sure if she had smoke in her lungs or was having an anxiety attack. She needed fresh air. Five days earlier, on the Fourth of July, she had raced out of her bookstore in Manhattan's Chinatown as it filled with smoke. A fire had broken out in an upstairs apartment, threatening to destroy all she had built. Listen to this article with reporter commentary Image Ms. Yu's store on Mulberry Street in September, before renovations began.