Annotated by the Author: ‘These Five Cuisines Are Easier on the Planet’
Lebanon: Pass the halloumi, with friendsThe other thing I learned in my reporting of this story is that it’s not just about what we eat and how we grow that food. How we eat also matters. So I wanted to use an anecdote to illustrate that idea. I could have chosen so many cuisines for…
Annotated by the Author: Writing Reader Responses
In our “Annotated by the Author” series, we invite New York Times journalists and winners of our student contests to comment on their work to help demystify the writing and research process.Chances are, a teacher has asked you to write a response to a text at some point in your school career, whether it’s to…
Annotated by the Author: ‘Meet “Supergirl,” the World’s Strongest Teenager’
“In school plays, I get stage fright, but I don’t have stage fright in powerlifting, even if I’m in front of hundreds of people,” said Naomi, whose modern Orthodox Jewish family follows strict religious rules.It’s always tricky to select the best quotes. You try to pick ones that add something new to the story, not…
Annotated by the Author: ‘Review of “Dune”: A Hero in the Making, on Shifting...
That impulse to linger is understandable given the monumentality of Villeneuve’s world building (and its price tag). But the movie’s spectacular scale combined with Herbert’s complex mythmaking also creates a not entirely productive tension between stasis and movement. Not long after he lands on Dune, Paul is ushered into the new world of its tribal…
Annotated by the Author: ‘New York Penn Station: Incoherent Urban Calamity’
“New York Penn Station: Incoherent Urban Calamity” by Henry HsiaoCredit...Image courtesy of Henry HsiaoArriving today in New York’s Pennsylvania Station — as any commuter, tourist, or local may attest — is a degraded business. Previously, it was an awe-inspiring affair. Consider old Penn Station, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece of imposing grandeur and soaring arches that once…
Annotated by the Author: ‘Tiny Tyrannosaur Hints at How T. Rex Became King’
If you and your students find this new annotation feature useful, please let us know in the comments or by writing to LNFeedback@nytimes.com. We are considering asking other Times journalists to do the same.“Tiny Tyrannosaur Hints at How T. Rex Became King,” by Nicholas St. FleurImageTyrannosaurs weren’t always tyrants. For millions of years, the ancestors…
