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The Call of the Wild

September 12, 2018

I take a moment to celebrate my 80th blog post by veering away from the fine and performance arts to share …

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Three Tall Women and Two Short Ones

July 10, 2018

I recently attended the wonderful revival of Edward Albee’s Three Tall Women, with Glenda Jackson, Laurie Metcalf and Alison Pill, …

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Better Angels

May 24, 2018

I visited the revival of Tony Kushner’s huge and important Angels in America last month, currently running on Broadway, a …

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Legacy

April 5, 2018

When Martin Luther King was assassinated, I was 13 years old. We lived in a white rural area far away …

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Genius Tales

March 6, 2018

What is it about stories that demand retelling? We are human, we like stories. We tell them to each other, …

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A Christmas Lesson

December 19, 2017

In the U.K. they have a tradition of the “Nine Lessons and Carols” in church at Christmastime, where the lessons …

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It Tolls for Thee

October 27, 2017

Bells have been around for as long as people have been on the planet. The actual bell as we know …

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The Content of Her Character

September 21, 2017

From the moment we humans first developed speech, stories have been told about courage. It is seen as a manly …

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The Woman Makes the Clothes

August 23, 2017

Nothing prepares you for the sheer energy of Rei Kawakubo’s designs. From the hands and imagination of this Japanese founder …

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The Wave and the Mountain

August 4, 2017

The framed photograph of my mother, happy and dressed for my brother’s wedding, sits on a Korean chest in my …

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