Can We Talk? The Characters in These 2 Books Can, and How
Evelyn Waugh’s garrulous embalmers; Deborah Eisenberg’s urban neurotics. Evelyn Waugh’s garrulous embalmers; […]
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They’re Putting Some Fun in Funerals
Modern, even hip, mortuaries around the world are hoping to answer one […]
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With Purple Gold and Bouncy Metal, a Canadian Chemist Shines on YouTube
Disillusioned with grad school, Nigel Braun dropped out to film chemistry videos […]
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How Tau Lewis Channels the Spirit World
Her first solo museum exhibition, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, […]
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As California Clears Homeless Camps, Two Projects Point a Way Forward
While L.A. County grapples with homelessness, elegant new housing projects in Long […]
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An Earthling With an Extraterrestrial Pen Pal Imagines a Cooler World
“The systems we’ve learned to depend on are harming us and our […]
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Book Review: ‘The Instrumentalist,’ by Harriet Constable
In her debut novel, “ The Instrumentalist,” Harriet Constable paints a vivid […]
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Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks feature a zombie romance, a drug trial from hell […]
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Jack Russell, 63, Dies; Singer for Great White and Survivor of Nightclub Fire
At a show in 2003 with his band, a pyrotechnics display ignited […]
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Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Defraud Presleys and Sell Graceland
A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested and accused of a […]
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