I have just begun reading Donna Tartt's new novel The Little Friend...
Culture Watch
Elizabeth Palmberg 3-01-2003
One of the many and fruitful exaggerations in Yann Martel's Life of Pi is the assertion, made by a minor character, that Pi's story will "make you believe in God."
Judy Coode 3-01-2003
It's likely that the Nazi genocide of European Jews (along with Gypsies, homosexuals, and others considered ethnically or socially deficient) is the most well-documented...
Rose Marie Berger 3-01-2003
Yesterday I got a call from a friend I hadn't spoken with in more than a year. "I have to tell someone this," she said.
Mark L. Taylor 3-01-2003
"We believe in heaven and that Tim is with God," says a Catholic woman who lost her husband in the 9-11 attacks.
Joan Chittister 3-01-2003
Struggle is a universal part of human experience, but hope—though hard to see in disappointing circumstances—is the other side of that coin.
Duane Shank 3-01-2003
The genius of American jazz is using an unexpected note or chord to add an element of surprise when the music goes where you least expect.
Diana Ortiz 1-01-2003
Sister Dianna Ortiz was kidnapped and tortured by Guatemalan security forces in November 1989 while serving as a missionary there.
The first time I played Waterdeep's new album for my housemates, they were up and dancing within seconds.
Bill Mallonee 1-01-2003
What are my favorite things for listening to, watching, and perusing? Well...
Ed Spivey Jr. 1-01-2003
Filmmaker Michael Moore loves to pick at the sores of America's self-delusions, and he's really good at it.
Danny Duncan Collum 1-01-2003
As this is written, rescue workers are still separating the bodies from the bamboo after the terrorist bombing of a nightclub in Bali.
Nathan Wilson 1-01-2003
Thomas Patterson says that the juice has been squeezed out of elections for Americans...
Marshela Salgado 1-01-2003
More than 30 years into his career, nine Grammys, and dozens of tours, 55-year-old Carlos Santana's music continues to evolve, and he's bringing another generation along for the ride.
The Editors 11-01-2002
Alcatraz is Not an Island is a powerful documentary (which airs Nov. 7 on PBS)
Ryan Rodrick Beiler 11-01-2002
When this book was published, the Committee to Protect Journalists had just named the West Bank as "the worst place to be a journalist."
Andrea Jeyaveeran 11-01-2002
I don't usually read memoirs. There are just so many of them out there, and the whole genre seems to have become self-indulgent or uninspired.