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...prove to Ruma that her father had loved her mother, or even that he missed her. And yet he had put it there, honored her before turning to another woman.”This theme of learning to live, love and lose transnationally—introduced in the work??s opening story—crystallizes in the closing trio of linked stories, which together from a sort of experimental novella. In alternating first-person narration, we’re told a tale of reverse immigration: “Your parents had decided to leave Cambridge, not for Atlanta...
Though he was sent back to Worcester as San Jose geared up for the Stanley Cup playoffs, Cavanagh used the call-up as motivation to continue his hard work??and he’s hungry for more...
...world at large. Gardner, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, introduced his interviewee as “the pre-eminent cellist of his generation.” Over the course of the interview—recorded for the TV show “Extraordinary Minds at Work??—Ma displayed his talent for his instrument and his deep understanding of the music written for it. “Music has a wonderful way of expressing the inner life of somebody or a people,” he said. He reserved particular praise for Bach...
...borrow it. That other car was clearly bad luck). She seemed a little distracted, but I decided to ignore it. We made it around the block, and Crazy Hair told me to try my hand at parallel parking. I decided it wasn’t my finest work??seeing as my car was perpendicular to the curb. She didn’t seem to agree.She leaned over to congratulate me, and I caught the faintest hint of cheap Pinot Grigio on her breath. My assessment of her sobriety was quickly confirmed as she took a dive...
...beast. Ford, a Stanford law professor, leads the reader across this racial relations tightrope of discerning when “complaints of racial prejudice are valid and appropriate and when...they are exaggerated, paranoid, or simply dishonest” but never presents any truly satisfying answers. The work??s premised on the idea that racism has become so socially unacceptable that accusations of racism carry enormous consequences. In a society where few overt racists remain, the gray area of what counts as racism has become larger than ever. This ambiguity makes it difficult to differentiate between real racism...