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Giancarlo DiTrapano, Defiantly Independent Book Publisher, Dies at 47
Mr. DiTrapano championed avant-garde work and relished taking chances on young, untested authors. His Tyrant Books produced some unexpected hits.
Giancarlo DiTrapano in 2013. His Tyrant Books published works that pushed boundaries and gave voice to a new generation.Credit.Kathy Lo
April 15, 2021Updated 5:26 p.m. ET
Giancarlo DiTrapano, a defiantly independent publisher whose Tyrant Books, long run out of his cramped apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, issued volumes that big publishing houses wouldn’t touch and took chances on untested young writers, died on March 30 at a hotel in Manhattan. He was 47.
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Becky and Taurean Hambling with Ellis and Myla
- Credit: Becky Hambling
Staff members at one Ipswich gym have had their very own lockdown baby boom.
These four instructors at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Centre have all welcomed new arrivals since the first lockdown in March 2020, including twins.
Myla Hambling in a gym pose
- Credit: Becky Hambling
Head of recreational gymnastics at the centre Hannah Marsh and her husband Andrew welcomed baby Mabel in March. Becky Hambling and husband Taurean had Myla in July, instructor Will Banthorpe and his wife Stacey had Blake in September, and Jo and Scott Wilder welcomed their baby twin girls, Macy and Darcy, in December.
Becky and Taurean Hambling with Ellis and Myla
- Credit: Becky Hambling
Staff members at one Ipswich gym have had their very own lockdown baby boom.
These four instructors at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Centre have all welcomed new arrivals since the first lockdown in March 2020, including twins.
Myla Hambling in a gym pose
- Credit: Becky Hambling
Head of recreational gymnastics at the centre Hannah Marsh and her husband Andrew welcomed baby Mabel in March. Becky Hambling and husband Taurean had Myla in July, instructor Will Banthorpe and his wife Stacey had Blake in September, and Jo and Scott Wilder welcomed their baby twin girls, Macy and Darcy, in December.