Ovid’s Metamorphoses meets stories from American street kids to create a new urban mythology. Set in the stark landscape of a decaying theatre, this contemporary drama weaves together ancient mythology with modern snapshots of real people pushed to society’s fringe. The result is a candid and ...
I have always had a keen concern for the mental health of Democrats in Congress, so I will attempt in this post to give them a few pointers to help them work through their grief: 1. Denial: As the saying goes, it is just not a river in Egypt. Best to deal quickly with this stage...
Writer/director Lulu Wang spins the somber, silly story of her grandmother’s fatal cancer diagnosis into an unforgettable tragicomedy with ‘The Farewell:’ a beautifully specific portrait of anticipatory grief set against an American’s return to China. Awkwafina stars as a young woman helping he...
but with returning host Willie Garson.“This past year has not been normal in any way,” said outgoing IDA executive director Simon Kilmurry.“If 2020/2021 has shown us anything, it’s that even with all the challenges we face and the grief we’ve had, the work of storytellers is essent...
She is currently working on a hybrid-memoir called Delicate Machine, an exploration of womanhood, hope, and heart in the face of grief and a global pandemic. She earned her MFA in Poetry at Sarah Lawrence College and has curated and hosted The COUPLET Reading Series in NYC since 2011. Her...
It deals with grief and loss, not just because of abandonment and heartbreak, but also from death. And it deals with the hope of love. I adored its humor and tenderness, and Pham’s illustrations are just delightful. It’s practically perfect and a delight to read. Asian-AmericanBIPOC ...
And he wanted, too, to spare us too much grief. Around the time he turned fifty, probably thinking he had three or even four more decades ahead, he wrote the following poem, “To My Friends.” I want to pass it on now, not only to memorialize Joe but to offer comfort to you, ...
Both dedicated to revealing so much reality: about grief, falling in love, racism in black people against albinos in Africa, cruelty imbedded in religions that think of women as chattel, the unfortunate blindness of parents who place ideology above their own love of their child…and more. I ...
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I can still make a garden … acquire new skills … save a few more dogs … write stories. I can still pour myself out; I’m not yet reduced to a trickle. I can go to new places and ask questions and find answers. I can read. I can pray. I can love. ...