This Basketball-Loving Poet Resists Categorization
Fresh off the success of his play "Barber Shop Chronicles," Inua Ellams has a new book out, "The Half God of Rainfall," about a son of Zeus who dominates on the courts.
Today is Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Natalie Portman Josh Hamilton Aaron Sorkin Diana van der Vlis Jackie Wilson Jackie Mason Lore Noto George Axelrod Mark Roberts Tonio Selwart Lottie Pickford Cole Porter Leslie Banks Barbara Everest C.H. Geldart Ricca Allen Louis Beachner Gloria Reuben Charles Webb Richard Cumming Milton Rosenstock Herta Ware Alexander Reed Weedon Grossmith