The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

Alanys Ortiz reads Josephine Senek’s cues before she speaks. Josephine, who lives with a rare and debilitating genetic condition, fidgets her fingers when she’s tired and bites the air when something ...

Increasingly, the workers who provide that care are immigrants such as Ortiz. The foreign-born share of nursing home workers ...

This is the second restaurant closing at the mall this year.