Word: kitschyness
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It has been five years since Tobias Wolff’s last novel and over 10 years since his last collection of short stories. He has had time to hone, revise, even recreate his writing. So what’s new about the new stories in his latest book of...
The House Without a Christmas Tree is a special that somehow got lost in the mass-remarketing of old Christmas fare. Like The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (the 1971 special that spawned the series The Waltons), it's a lovingly but realistically told story that touches the emotional essence of...
In structure, the play darts back and forth in time, a device that keeps the pace unpredictable. The props on stage at times seemingly move on their own; folding chairs and a hand-held fan are transformed into a moving car; a transvestite lounge seamlessly becomes an opera house. As...
It started as a trip to Homegoods, and a fruitless search for dorm decor. I was wading through a center aisle, knee-deep in a melange of pleather ottomans, outdoor garden ornaments, and kitschy teacups, when I spotted a worn book on a shelf ahead: “A Moveable...
Although the average undergraduate might sooner be able to sing outdated Third Eye Blind lyrics than launch into a description of the College’s role in social event planning, no Harvard student—no matter how detached—is able to avoid at least the trickle...