Anika Burgess has joined the New York Times’ photo department as archive director, effective June 1. The Times says: “In this position, Anika will lead our efforts to modernize and preserve our picture library, or ‘morgue,’ and our vast negatives collection, deepen how the newsroom uses archival photography, and help make our historical images more discoverable and useful across the report.” 

"Fans of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, this one's for you."

"In a reverent intergenerational narrative, Chung and Gonzales highlight reciprocal acts that functionally support an extended family, which cues as of Taiwanese descent... A water motif weaves throughout digitally finished watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil illustrations, its gently scalloped curves framing softly rendered familial interactions, and a stirring closing sequence highlights connections that endure across life and death, proximity, and age."

"Chung’s deceptively simple narrative brims with a joyful warmth heightened by Gonzales' cozy artwork, textured with waves of blended colors and shapes. Chinese and Taiwanese terms are naturally integrated within the text. The recurring allusion to rivers is an inspired—and beautiful—choice, honoring the love that familial structures provide. A rare and wonderfully rendered tribute to caregiving throughout the generations."

“Sanders plots the story so intricately and powerfully that it’s hard to believe this is a first novel. . . She imbues the book with imagination and wit, and the narrator’s voice, cheeky and charming, is perfectly rendered. This is a truly magnificent novel from a uniquely powerful voice. A bighearted triumph.”