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...enthusiastically. “The discussion about the book is more about me, not about the book. I think people are responding to who wrote the book. That is not how you read a book. You read a book by looking at the words on the page, how they fit together, and what they mean,” she says. “It is shocking to me that it is controversial. My intention was to write about my own experience, that being both comical and sad.” Particularly sad—and particularly difficult for Pollitt...
...craving for a wider exposure to Palestinian art and these [films] are easy to watch,” says Sawhney.The festival is geared toward the broader exposure to Palestinian art and identity through film screenings—according to the organizers, the material is carefully picked in order to fit a mainstream audience. However, nearly anything to do with Palestine has the potential to quickly become controversial.CHOMSKY WEIGHS INNoam Chomsky, professor of linguistics at MIT and a longtime commentator on the Middle East, writes in an e-mail, “Among dedicated anti-Semites, or passionate supporters...
...light the story of a friendship between four artists, paired into two married couples—Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, and Herbert and Mercedes Matter—the show illustrates the intersection of their lives through letters, paintings, and photographs, a wide-ranging collection of relics that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.Of course, it’s the show’s overarching whodunit—the still-unanswered question of the authenticity of a series of possible Pollocks on display—that has brought the most buzz to the show.But to the show?...
...novel, a steamy romance, or, taking into account its setting in Nazi-occupied Poland, a war story as heart-wrenchingly quirky as Roberto Benigni’s film “Life is Beautiful.” Yet Diane Ackerman’s new book doesn’t fit into any single genre. Rather, Ackerman—poet, author of various nonfiction books on nature, and an essayist whose work has appeared in National Geographic—has combined all her talents to create a chaotic cornucopia of primary documents, creative narration, lyrical prose, and journalism. The book...
...truth is, yoga, regardless of the form, doesn't offer a comprehensive way to get fit. According to a study by the American Council on Exercise, a national nonprofit organization that certifies fitness instructors and promotes physical fitness, dedicated yoga practitioners show no improvement in cardiovascular health. It's not the best way to lose weight either. A typical 50-min. class of hatha yoga, one of the most popular styles of yoga in the U.S., burns off fewer calories than are in three Oreos--about the same as a slow, 50-min. walk. Even power yoga burns fewer calories...