Scene Last Night: Ondaatje, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri
Writer Barbara Goldsmith sent a chill through the Hall of Ocean Life last night. Speaking to 550 guests gathered at the American Museum of Natural History for the PEN… More
Salman Rushdie Criticizes China, Kicks Off PEN World Voices Festival
Salman Rushdie, Malcolm Gladwell and a bevvy of literary luminaries presented an evening of readings, music and art Monday night to kick-start the seventh annual PEN World Voices Festival,… More
The Butterfly Conspiracy
That was before. In the evening, we’d perch at the top of the cliff to watch the sun drown itself. Way off in the distance, it screamed out its… More
There a Petal Silently Falls
As you pass by the gravesites scattered throughout the city you may encounter her, a girl whose maroon velvet dress barely covers her, a girl who lingers near the… More
Blue on Blue
A week in Washington.The American soldiers killed in Iraq will one day have a memorial on the Mall in Washington DC like the soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.… More
Saint Teresa Visits Beth Israel
My husband has kidney stones. He is quite stubborn and persistent in all he undertakes, and, of course, this is no exception. They have been forming with a slow… More
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