While I was watching the movie “Margaret” – directed by Kenneth Lonergan and released in 2011 – I heard somebody scream in anguish outside of my apartment building. I was so mesmerized
Days after President Joe Biden announced that he would not be running for reelection, historians and professors were already speculating which celebrities would endorse Vice President Kamala Harris and when they would
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The fall season is approaching, and everyone’s cravings are shifting from tropical fruits to pumpkin spice. But is pumpkin spice worth the hype? Is it just another trend that comes every year
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“I always knew that if I stood my ground for all of you, that I would be a target.” These are the words that New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke in
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This year’s Upper School community read was Hanif Abdurraqib’s “There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension.” Abdurraqib, a poet, essayist, novelist and cultural critic, has received many awards. These include the
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Nuanced characters are the hallmarks of good fiction. Plot is important and all, but without an interesting perspective, narrative and thematic potential flounder under bland interpretation. Rachel Cusk’s “Outline” takes the importance
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