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Sally Mann’s exhibition of photographs of her children brought her persecution. She was accused of exploitation because of the naked images she produced…
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The Light of the World: A Memoir is an elegant book by Elizabeth Alexander, a poet, mother and widow. Her husband of 16 years was found dead next to their…
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Nobel Peace Prize winner and president of South Africa from 1994-1999, Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years. He and other members of the African…
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In the mid-1990s, when the Grande Dame of Literary Agents could still-- possibly, even credibly-- think that computers in the workplace were a passing…
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I have two cartoons clipped from the New Yorker displayed on my fridge door.One is by Roz Chast, with the caption, “When Moms Dance”-- you know what we…
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Little Failure by Gary ShteyngartWhen Gary Shteyngart was a young child, his mother would call him "Solnyshko," which means "little sun."But after the…