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Need 2 Minutes Of Calm? Inhale, Exhale … And Click Here
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum has been asking staffers to highlight favorite objects in the collection. Curator Forrest McGill chose the base of a hookah, made in 17th century India. Continue Reading Need 2 Minutes Of Calm? Inhale, Exhale … And Click Here
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Jane Eyre’ Meets ‘Dracula’ In This Sharp, Inventive ‘Mexican Gothic’ Tale
A young woman tries to free her cousin from a dangerous living situation in a crumbling family mansion in Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel. Mexican Gothic injects fresh blood into a classic genre. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ‘Jane Eyre’ Meets ‘Dracula’ In This Sharp, Inventive ‘Mexican Gothic’ Tale
Lin-Manuel Miranda Sees The ‘Language Of Revolution’ In ‘Hamilton’ And Today
Lin-Manuel Miranda says his musical Hamilton, which starts streaming on Disney+ this week, shows “everything that’s past is present.” Continue Reading Lin-Manuel Miranda Sees The ‘Language Of Revolution’ In ‘Hamilton’ And Today
Rudolfo Anaya, A Founding Father Of Chicano Literature, Dies At 82
Anaya’s 1972 classic Bless Me, Ultima — about a young Mexican American boy and his curandera mentor in New Mexico in the 1940s — inspired a generation of Chicano writers. Continue Reading Rudolfo Anaya, A Founding Father Of Chicano Literature, Dies At 82
‘A Most Beautiful Thing’ Tells Of The First U.S. All-Black High School Rowing Team
In A Most Beautiful Thing, Arshay Cooper shares the story of how he, and others from rival gang neighborhoods on Chicago’s West Side, found their way to crew — and each other. Continue Reading ‘A Most Beautiful Thing’ Tells Of The First U.S. All-Black High School Rowing Team
‘Gone With The Wind’ Returns To HBO Max With New Introduction
HBO Max temporarily removed the 1939 film from its streaming service in early June for its depiction of ‘racial prejudices.’ The film now includes an introduction addressing its controversial legacy. Continue Reading ‘Gone With The Wind’ Returns To HBO Max With New Introduction
‘I See These Conversations As Protective’: Talking With Kids About Race
What does it mean to be anti-racist, and how should adults talk to kids about race and racism? Children’s author Renée Watson and anti-racism scholar Ibram X. Kendi suggest starting with books. Continue Reading ‘I See These Conversations As Protective’: Talking With Kids About Race
‘Perry Mason’ Reboot Is No Rerun: This Is A ‘Very Dark’ Take, Says Matthew Rhys
Welsh actor Matthew Rhys stars in the HBO version of the 1960s legal drama. This Perry Mason is a seamy, slovenly private eye in 1932 Los Angeles. “He doesn’t fit in in any way,” Rhys says. Continue Reading ‘Perry Mason’ Reboot Is No Rerun: This Is A ‘Very Dark’ Take, Says Matthew Rhys
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Miss Iceland’ Is A Subdued, Powerful Portrait Of A Suppressed Society
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir’s atmospheric novel, about a young writer and her outcast friends in 1963 Iceland, will transport you to another time and place, though not necessarily a rosier time and place. Continue Reading BOOK REVIEW: ‘Miss Iceland’ Is A Subdued, Powerful Portrait Of A Suppressed Society
‘I Want Teens To Recognize Their Own Power’: Questions For Young Adult Author Liara Tamani
Tamani’s new young adult novel follows two high school basketball stars who fall in love at first sight — but then have to deal with their own issues and secrets to build a lasting relationship. Continue Reading ‘I Want Teens To Recognize Their Own Power’: Questions For Young Adult Author Liara Tamani
Academy Says Future Films Must Meet Diversity And Inclusion Rules For Oscars
The effort by the Motion Picture Academy to de-white-ify the film community includes a plan to change eligibility standards for award nominees “to ensure that all voices are heard and celebrated.” Continue Reading Academy Says Future Films Must Meet Diversity And Inclusion Rules For Oscars
Brit Bennett Set Her Novel ‘The Vanishing Half’ 50 Years Ago — She Didn’t Expect It To Be ‘Timely’
The Vanishing Half is about African American twins — one lives as a black woman, the other “passes” as white. Passing is “an act of self-creation and also an act of self-destruction,” Bennett says. Continue Reading Brit Bennett Set Her Novel ‘The Vanishing Half’ 50 Years Ago — She Didn’t Expect It To Be ‘Timely’