Fiction
… Frey’s debut novel, Destiny’s Homeboy, which press materials described as “an effort to recast War & Peace in the … given birth to children by Frey. Mental health advocates complained that the show was a crass exploitation of Frey, … “I hope this puts to rest the idea that I ain’t ready to die,” Frey told onlookers. “I’m so ready to die I could …
Criticism
… gay and Asian and unafraid in the 1930s, is virtuosic and commanding. In Timothy Scott’s surprising “Plato” a widower … all of which are inventive, cohesive, and memorable. Only 26 years old and a graduate of Emerson’s MFA program, van … tragedy isn’t the unbearable thing, but rather the way tragedies can also be mysterious, as in the psychological demise …
Criticism
… Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, and Daniel Webster—stood, by common consent, preeminent. For better or worse (some of … the United States in the main. Calhoun for his part could also be starkly small-minded, as when he resisted Clay’s … insects, the three triumvirs would sting their last and die within months of this last intersectional bargain. We …
Fiction
… things smaller—the Kurzym Bypass, ideal for reducing highly complex pieces of machinery, for instance, or Montclaire’s … droplets of water—fill me with a great anxiety. I have also, claiming allergies, given the cat to a friend and have … to admit it, I felt some pride in this. One of the many complaints we face in my office is that in the process of …
Fiction
… jokes about spinning webs, huh?” Charlotte’s Web had just come out, which I knew because my sister had seen it 700 … about asking her if she wanted to know about the specials, but the place across from her was still empty. … see a thousand tiny notations, asterisks and exclamation points everywhere. “You may be right about this,” she said. …
Criticism
… D.C. is almost two-and-a-half times more likely to die before age one than a baby born in Vermont. African … United States and to empower people to hold elected officials accountable for progress on issues we all care about. 2. … connect with the next wave of voters? Plus, a design expert comments on the infamous New Yorker cover . 4. Is Paris …