Look out, New York—Puerto Rican bread from Ferry Street is headed your way. Martha Mera (pictured) is bringing it there, crossing another border—or bringing it home, in a sense. Mera used to live in ...

Graphic novels are an ever-expanding market for younger readers, but with few exceptions, classic superhero characters tend not to be featured on middle-grade shelves. This year, DC is diving ...

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Mera Edythe Mounsey was born April 15, 1938, the eldest of three daughters, to Ethel L. Nixon and Frank E. Mounsey into an exceptional family in Washington, DC. Her mother, the only woman graduate in ...