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...Widows and Indignation Updike and Roth are gently upbraiding their younger selves for their narrowness of vision, for their lack of interest in the world around them, in A Mercy, Morrison is urging her younger self, the tortured soul who fashioned the infernal vision that is Beloved, to look even further--beyond the veil of pain and anger, however righteous, to hope. There was a time before the present misery, Morrison seems to be telling herself. And therefore, maybe, there will be a time after...
...Scotland (it debuted in 2006 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and has toured Britain, Australia and three U.S. cities), is the highlight of a remarkable recent surge of plays about the Iraq war. Hollywood, traditionally the go-to vehicle for telling war stories, had its own flurry of interest but after a few star-studded box-office underperformers (In the Valley of Elah, Redacted and, most recently, Body of Lies) has largely retreated to its foxhole. Theater has stepped into the breach, using an impressive arsenal of stage weaponry to grapple in more imaginative, varied and visceral ways with...
...perception of homosexuals in the city and to increase awareness of gay rights. Several group members suggested incorporating GLBT-friendly books into school reading lists, renovating gay dance bars and clubs, and advocating for GLBT residents who experience discrimination in health care. “It’s interesting to hear about this lack of visibility,” Sarah P. Nasser, a lesbian MIT graduate student who attended the meeting out of personal and academic interest. “There are complaints everywhere, even in such a safe community as Cambridge.” The meeting opened with...
...relate people’s medical records to their genome sequences,” he said. “We’re going to show that it’s okay, and that we can get 100,000 volunteers who are willing to contribute their data in the interest of advancing science...
Brandon A. Kennedy ’09 said he thought the event would help student interest in environmentalism...