Boston As we recover from the Boston Marathon bombings, the lock-down, and from our media hangovers, out gushed the words, like a fresh wound. Not spoken words, which can evaporate as soon as they are voiced. But stories, written down.
Writing My MFA program gave me thick skin and knocked me down a few notches, both of which I desperately needed.
Barack Obama As students and researchers increase their attention to the president’s life and career, criticism of “Obama Studies” as an academic venture mounts.
Life A story about compassion, growing up, and why you should never use glue mouse traps.
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Books Jane Austen takes for granted that her female characters are human beings — no more and no less than their male counterparts. What’s more “feminist” than that?
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Writing I’m tired of writers passing judgment on entire genres. Journalistic narcissism — or, more politely, writing about oneself — has a place.
Books Jane Austen takes for granted that her female characters are human beings — no more and no less than their male counterparts. What’s more “feminist” than that?
Boston As we recover from the Boston Marathon bombings, the lock-down, and from our media hangovers, out gushed the words, like a fresh wound. Not spoken words, which can evaporate as soon as they are voiced. But stories, written down.
Barack Obama As students and researchers increase their attention to the president’s life and career, criticism of “Obama Studies” as an academic venture mounts.
Writing My MFA program gave me thick skin and knocked me down a few notches, both of which I desperately needed.
Writing A look at the history of inaugural poems and the surprising vitality of contemporary American poetry.
Writing I’m tired of writers passing judgment on entire genres. Journalistic narcissism — or, more politely, writing about oneself — has a place.
Life A story about compassion, growing up, and why you should never use glue mouse traps.
Books A “definitive” biography of famed author Philip Roth is in the works. Ilan Mochari says, on behalf of the “Portnoy” faithful, it better break new ground.
Writing How writing about death changed the way I think about life.
Writing My MFA program gave me thick skin and knocked me down a few notches, both of which I desperately needed.
Books Jane Austen takes for granted that her female characters are human beings — no more and no less than their male counterparts. What’s more “feminist” than that?
The manhunt and capture of alleged 19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brought out Tiziana Dearing‘s motherly instincts in a surprising way. Her essay examining the tension between anger and empathy struck a chord with readers.
This article and its responses point to a basic truth about human beings: we are not simplistically “good” or “evil.”
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