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...Mantel's writing is so exact and brilliant that, in itself, it seems an act of survival, even redemption." - Joan Acocella, The New Yorker critic, reviewing Mantel's 2006 novel A Place of Greater Safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booker Prize Winner Hilary Mantel | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...founding of the School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet and a style of movement totally new neo-classical, despite its Imperial roots. This one man would transform American dance forever.The symposium features a starry list of illustrious guest speakers, panelists, and moderators that includes Joan Acocella, staff writer for The New Yorker; Anna Kisselgoff, former chief dance critic at the New York Times; former New York City Ballet dancer Toni Bentley; and current Boston Ballet director Mikko Nissinen, as well as Harvard faculty and visiting professors of history, music, and drama from colleges around the globe...

Author: By Erica A. Sheftman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Celebrates Centennial of the Ballet Russes | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

CANCER VIXEN: A TRUE STORYMARISA ACOCELLA MARCHETTOWhich pair of shoes should you wear to your first chemotherapy session? That's one of the pressing issues dealt with in this funny, eye-opening and moving memoir. Weeks before she's due to (finally!) get married, the 43-year-old cartoonist-fashionista discovers a lump in her breast. Using a lipstick-color palette, Acocella Marchetto keeps the book upbeat. As good as the best Sex and the City episodes, Cancer Vixen becomes a lesson on how staying fabulous can help save your life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Gripping Graphic Novels for Grownups | 10/1/2006 | See Source »

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