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Not surprisingly, Charlotte Simmons is the focus of the novel, and her jarring introduction to college life mirrors the surprise Wolfe hopes many readers unfamiliar with the subject will feel. The brainiac brunette from the tiny town of Sparta, in North Carolina’s Alleghany County, is so sheltered...
The other characters are no more nuanced, and—surprise!—their stories collide towards the novel’s end. There are times when Wolfe veers towards originality in characterization, as when Jojo accepts Charlotte’s promptings and enrolls in difficult classes in an...
MUSIC | The Ying QuartetThe highly regarded Ying Quartet (Timothy and Janet Ying, violins, Phillip Ying, viola, David Ying, cello) continue their stint as Blodgett Artists in Residence. They will play five pieces on the theme of wandering: Turina’s Oracion del Torero; Villa-Lobos’ Quartet No...
The camera stumbles upon a door, it bursts open, the hand of the dying woman drops, a guttural boom blasts from the sub, and that four-dollar bucket of flat Diet Coke resting patiently at your side becomes fizzy and fresh on your lap as you jump—hard...
We also don't know how different from our own a universe could be and still support life. Change one thing--the strength of gravity, say--and life might be impossible. Change several at once, though, as Anthony Aguirre, of the University of California at Santa Cruz, has tried in...