by Alexandra Bowie Food. We’ve got to have it, and in New York City the food we have almost…
July 8, 2016by Nidhi Pugalia Does knowing that art is designed, not divined, make it any less authentic? Inspired by the…
June 24, 2016by Alexandra Bowie Can one ever escape the past? That’s a question Miriam Toews raises in her sad, funny,…
June 10, 2016by Alexandra Bowie It’s perhaps an odd way to put it, but thought-provoking: old age comes for us all,…
May 27, 2016by Alexandra Bowie Pity Emma Neufeld, the protagonist of Idra Novey’s delightful novel “Ways to Disappear.” Emma is a…
May 13, 2016by Alexandra Bowie It’s easy to understand why the parent of a murderer may be ostracized by her community.…
April 29, 2016by Alexandra Bowie A small country, populated by an uneducated peasantry who make their living as farmers, with a…
April 22, 2016by Alexandra Bowie The loss of a love affair, and the subsequent plunge from being one of a pair…
April 15, 2016by Alexandra Bowie Plants give humans many things: Oxygen. Shade. Beauty. Food. Scientific insights. Subjects for works of art.…
April 8, 2016A village outside of Grozny, the Chechen capital, a hospital–one of the few buildings still standing in the bombed-out…
March 25, 2016