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RUNAWAY ALICE MUNRO A young woman on a train is approached by a nervous stranger. She blows him off. Not long after, his body is found on the tracks. Life is made up of such miniature tragedies, and so are Munro's powerful and perfect short stories, which focus on restless women who know more about what they're running from than where they're going...
Artists, you'd think, would make the perfect subject matter for stories. They drink! They fight! They cut off their ears! So many things they do are fascinating-except, that is, for making art. That may be why so many movies and novels about creative types tend to focus on their personal lives. Even James Joyce ended A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man before his alter ego, Stephen Dedalus, pursued his art. Dedalus moving from house to house because his father is broke: interesting. Dedalus rewriting a tricky patch of dialogue: not so much...
...party. Yet, though this themed brunch was such a resounding success, it is difficult to forget the sometimes-mediocre product produced by this same streamlined organization. Cooking for thousands of students at every meal with rare breaks is a difficult task, and one that is nearly impossible to accomplish perfectly. There have been days when I have found little appetizing in the dining hall. It is, however, a testament to HUDS that these days are rare, despite eating meal after meal here. Though some days are better than others, there is usually something decent and healthy at the salad...
...gigantic” behavioral problem, says Kogan—he was in a gang, stole, fought, cut school, and lost his virginity at the age of nine. But in a way, Kogan says, Gershwin stumbled upon a way to self-medicate: musical composition. In that story, Kogan sees a perfect example of the “transformative healing effects of music”—Gershwin was able to transmute his energy and mischief into prolific art, and in collaboration with his brother Ira, wrote some of the most enduring music of his era. Kogan posits that the sorrow...
...compilation tracks the highlights of their career, it becomes more and more apparent to me that I should love them. They have an MC (formerly two, until Malik B got kicked out for drug-related reasons) with a tight flow, a perfect drummer, a love for jazz, and endless jam-session grooves. Yet I don’t love them. I like them a lot, but there is something that keeps them from reaching the heights of their predecessors...