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The President of the Yaddo Artist Retreat Steps Down

11 December 2025 at 06:12
After a quarter century, the Yaddo president Elaina Richardson will step down, having made her mark on the storied arts residency.

© Erik Tanner for The New York Times

In her 25 years leading Yaddo, Elaina Richardson has increased the artist residency’s endowment more than fourfold.

She Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, Then Wrote a Rom-Com About It

4 October 2024 at 04:09
Sophie Kinsella, the author of “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” packs love, laughter and a harrowing real-life health ordeal into a 133-page novella.

© Sandra Mickiewicz for The New York Times

At an event in London in June, Sophie Kinsella said, “I’m so overwhelmed, yet again, by my lovely readers and by the lovely response that I get to what I do. It surprises me every time.”
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