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...they cannot wrench free from the consequences of their war-torn pasts. The author of three previous novels centered on the immigrant experience, Lee is still preoccupied with tropes of alienation, estrangement, and a loss of identity. “The Surrendered” simply concerns emigrants of time rather than location...
...love—even frayed with the passing of time and the burden of human imperfection—never altogether diminishes. Rather, it threads the intertwining fates of those men and women who, by virtue of a mutual history, obligation, or compassion, have surrendered to its unrelenting insatiability...
Geology Professor Daniel P. Schrag, the director of the Center for the Environment—which is funded by the Office of the Provost rather than...
...able to quickly access facts. If anyone has an understanding of contemporary advocacy documentaries, however manipulative they are, it’s Michael Moore—the facts he uses in his films aren’t meant to be verified or to support an argument, but rather to endow his movies with an air of verisimilitude—’truthiness’, if you will. This aura of truth is just one thread in the tapestry of feelings his films weave in order to provoke a certain emotional reaction. This is how art operates...
...listeners not completely enamored of her unique sound, Newsom has often been identified solely by only her distinct voice and harp playing, rather than by the remarkable talent she’s always commanded as a songwriter. But “Have One on Me” unveils an adventurous, sophisticated, and newly approachable Newsom. Her talent has culminated in this three-disc, two hour masterpiece, revealing that she has both branched out musically and refined her craft. “Have One on Me” is arguably the most accessible of Newsom’s albums, though...