Fictional ‘Mothers’ Reveal Facts Of A Painful Adoption Process
After years of trying to conceive, novelist Jennifer Gilmore and her husband decided to pursue a domestic open adoption. They …
Cannes Diary: Delusions Of ‘Gatsby’ (And Dreams Of Notoriety)
It’s true enough that there’s plenty wrong with Gatsby Le Magnifique, as the French are calling the latest from director …
Real Butterscotch: The Beauty Of Sugar And Dairy Transformed
Butterscotch is going through something of a revival. So much so, that two Kitchen Window regular contributors wanted to write …
A Different Kind Of Immigrant Experience In ‘Americanah’
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s fourth book, Americanah, is so smart about so many subjects that to call it a novel about …
Book News: Newly Found Pearl Buck Novel To Be Published This Fall
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. A never-before-seen novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl …
Soderbergh’s Liberace, ‘Behind The Candelabra’
Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years …
The Starfleet Divide: The ‘Star Trek’ Universe Revisits One Of Its Great Debates
[Caution: contains pretty abundant spoilers about the Star Trek universe, but only fairly nonspecific ones about the new film.] Star …
Exclusive First Read: ‘Big Brother’ By Lionel Shriver
Lionel Shriver doesn’t shy away from hot-button topics. Her breakout novel, We Need to Talk About Kevin, from 2003, was …
American Voices On ‘The Unwinding’ Of America’s Values
Halfway through The Unwinding, George Packer — author of the highly praised The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq (2005) — …
Book News: Stephen King’s New Bogeyman? Digital Publishing
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Stephen King says his next book, Joyland, will …
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