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
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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The Moon hanging just feet above the Earth’s surface, full of Moon-milk for the taking. The experience of existence when all matter existed in a single point. A being desperate to leave
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On Monday, September 23, the Metropolitan Opera reopened its doors with Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s English-language opera Grounded, which premiered last year at the Kennedy Center. Commissioned by the Met and
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According to Inside Out 2, the effervescent second installation of the Inside Out Series, Anxiety is orange – and comes with baggage. Amusing and profound, the long-awaited sequel follows Riley, now 13,
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