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Honor thy father and thy mother is a sound precept in life, but dubious advice for a writer. From James Joyce to Tennessee Williams, from Virginia Woolf to Mary Gordon, modern literature has thrived on an undercurrent of patricide and matricide. Monstrous parents, it seems, are what gifted children barely...
In Sao Tome and Principe, two islands that compose a former Portuguese colony south of Nigeria, Rosenblum visits the cacao plantations of Claudio Corallo, who, like all cacao-growers, loses 21 percent of his crop to disease and 25 percent to pests. His house has no electricity, and his day...
Females now make up the majority of undergraduates nationwide, the National Center for Education Statistics reported this month. According to the study, 56 percent of undergraduates in 2001 were women, and by 2013, women are expected to compose 57 percent, with 8.9 million female students enrolled.
The Portland, Ore.-based trio recorded its 2003 debut, “I Am the Fun Blame Monster,” using “Deeler,” a proprietary computer program written entirely by Brent Knopf, their giddy keyboardist. Knopf’s ace coding allowed the band...
Beside him is Steve. The divorce he doesn't want comes through in a few months. When he starts talking about his two children - eight and four - he breaks down and needs a minute to compose himself, during which he flicks the ball from hand to hand and wipes his...