How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
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The Many Acts of Keith Gordon
How does a young, successful actor become a relatively unknown director of most of the television you watch? And what’s next?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction
The Immigration-Obsessed, Polarized, Garbage-Fire Election of 1800
A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.
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How Lobbyists Normalized the Use of Chemical Weapons on American Civilians
Or, how we learned to stop worrying and love the gas.
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ENG 650 (Forms): The Russian Short Story in Translation (for Writers) Thursdays, 9:30 – 12:15, Bowne Hall 110 Office Hours: By appointment. * * * Ethos: This class is intended not as a survey of the Russian short story, but rather as a chance to read (very closely) a selected number of great stories from […]
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You’re Fired! The Unemployable Trump Administration
The firing of FBI Director James Comey is the latest high-profile firing by the administration. It’s also one of the most troubling.
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A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich People, and Moby Dick
On the beauty and burdens of the long haul.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
After Marriage Equality, to Party, or to Protest?
Spenser Mestel recalls the emotionally complicated day, two years ago, when the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
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‘What Do You Say To People Who Think They Have Nothing to Hide?’
Nathan Wessler, a lawyer with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, monitors a government that increasingly monitors its citizens.
