Mapping The Road ‘From The Closet To The Altar’
During a college visit to Colorado in September, Ruth Bader Ginsburg told students that she expects to rule this coming …
Emma Thompson Revives Anarchist ‘Peter Rabbit’
Emma Thompson isn’t just an Oscar-winning actress; she’s also an Oscar-winning writer. Thompson authored the 1995 film adaptation of Jane …
‘Signal’ And ‘Noise’: Prediction As Art And Science
No one has a crystal ball, but Nate Silver has perfected the art of prediction. In 2008, he accurately predicted …
‘Skinny’ Starts A Conversation For Overweight Teens
Young Ever Williams hears a negative voice every day in her head, telling her just how fat and disgusting she …
‘Tis The Season For Savory Tarts
This is the most glorious time of year for a cook. Between the forbiddingly hot kitchens of summer and the …
Andrea Arnold Tackles An Iconic Love Story
Not counting Twilight, Emily Bronte’s 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights, has been plundered, adapted and remade to death, including, it’s not …
Poison And Petticoats: The Incomplete Jane Austen
Rebecca Harrington is the author of the book Penelope. As a young child, I was very much enamored with romance …
Tig Notaro On Going ‘Live’ About Her Life
“Good evening, hello. I have cancer. How are you?” That’s how comedian Tig Notaro began her set at Largo in …
Bits Of Beauty Amidst The Gloom In ‘Building Stories’
For the characters of Chris Ware’s astonishingly ambitious comics project Building Stories, leading lives of quiet desperation is surprisingly noisy …
One Debate, Two Very Different Conversations
When you consider how carefully staged and planned the debates are and how long they’ve been around, it’s remarkable how …
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