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Dark Waters: Compelling Storytelling Provides a Harsh Dose of Reality
Mark Ruffalo produced Dark Waters and played the main character, environmental attorney Rob Bilott who [...]
Jan
3 New Year’s Eve Songs/Stories
I'm always blown away by stunning lyrics, such as the title and chorus of the [...]
Jan
Bernie Sanders’ Our Revolution Seeks to Educate, Empower, and Emancipate
Sanders emphasizes that creating a future to believe in depends on grassroots organizing, adapting laws [...]
Aug
Relishing Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
I got off to a slow start with Alexander Chee’s How to Write an Autobiographical [...]
Aug
Reading Between the Lines of 9 ½ Weeks
However, as a work of fiction, it stands as exquisitely powerful storytelling of a woman [...]
May
Seeking Inspiration from Fiction
The Cheerleader captures what it feels like to be a teen and trying to figure [...]
Jan
The Stories We Need to Hear About Mental Health
May, mental health awareness month, makes me more aware than usual of the standard narrative [...]
May
Perspective Please: Bad Vegan fails to address addiction and mental health
Netflix nailed handling how the nuances of racism played out in the two-hour documentary The [...]
May
Afterparties—A Masterpiece
Author Dana Spiotta noted So’s ease with traversing so many different subjects, “from pop culture [...]