Category Archives: Life and Letters

Fail Funnier

January 30, 2017

Life and Letters
Fail Funnier
How Mo Willens teaches young readers to confront problems and be resilient.
by Rivka Galchen

The Cabaret Beat

February 23 & March 3, 2015
February 23 & March 3, 2015
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Life and Letters
The Cabaret Beat
A débutante to the rescue in the Harold Ross era.

by Ian Frazier

The Poet’s Hand

April 28, 2014
April 28, 2014

LIFE AND LETTERS
The Poet’s Hand
Why do we still search for relics of the Bard?

by Adam Gopnik

Fun with Nuns: Hollywood revisits the convent

July 20, 2009
July 20, 2009

Fun with Nuns
Hollywood revisits the convent.

by Paul Rudnick

A Fine Rage: George Orwell’s revolutions.

April 13, 2009
April 13, 2009

A Fine Rage
George Orwell’s revolutions.

by James Wood

The Unfinished David Foster Wallace’s project

March 9, 2009
March 9, 2009

The Unfinished
David Foster Wallace’s project.

by D. T. Max

The Background Hum: Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.

February 23, 2009
February 23, 2009

The Background Hum
Ian McEwan and the science of suspense.

by Daniel Zalewski

A Desert Encounter: A hat, an ocotillo, and an academy.

October 20, 2008
October 20, 2008

A Desert Encounter
A hat, an ocotillo, and an academy.

by John Updike

In the Ring: Grappling with the twentieth century.

October 6, 2008
October 6, 2008

In the Ring
Grappling with the twentieth century.

by Norman Mailer

The Running Novelist: A writer learns to go the distance.

June 9 & 16, 2008
June 9 & 16, 2008

The Running Novelist
A writer learns to go the distance.
by Haruki Murakami

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