Writer-director Ira Sachs on his new film ‘Passages’

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Tomas and Martin are a married couple. They live in Paris, where Tomas is a film director – comes home one morning after a cast party with an unconvincing explanation that leads to a confession. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “PASSAGES”) FRANZ ROGOWSKI: (As Tomas) You know what I was doing last night? BEN WHISHAW: (As Martin) […]

Writer-director Ira Sachs on his new film ‘Passages’

Social Media / Community Strategist

Tomas and Martin are a married couple. They live in Paris, where Tomas is a film director – comes home one morning after a cast party with an unconvincing explanation that leads to a confession. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, “PASSAGES”) FRANZ ROGOWSKI: (As Tomas) You know what I was doing last night? BEN WHISHAW: (As Martin) […]

What Is Home? On Sophie Klahr’s “Two Open Doors in a Field”

What Is Home? On Sophie Klahr’s “Two Open Doors in a Field”

THE BODY REMEMBERS; the road remembers—everything reminds us of everything. Two Open Doors in a Field (2023), Sophie Klahr’s captivating second collection of poems, serves as a travelogue of the heart and mind, with each poem offering a postcard or snapshot of memories evoked by absence, presence, and emptiness. “Between 2015 and 2018,” Klahr’s endnote […]

A Summary and Analysis of Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Reading’

A Summary and Analysis of Henry David Thoreau’s ‘Reading’

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Reading’ is a chapter from Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book Walden; or, Life in the Woods . The book details Thoreau’s decision to leave behind modern civilisation and live a simple life in the woods in Massachusetts. In ‘Reading’, Thoreau laments the fact that his fellow citizens of Concord […]

In the AI age, it’s time to change how we teach and grade writing

In the AI age, it’s time to change how we teach and grade writing

Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images “I found myself spending so much time looking for cheating that I missed the most important aspect of my grading: the ideas that students were actually coming up with,” writes Matthew Fulford. First Person is where Chalkbeat features personal essays by educators, students, parents, and others thinking and writing about […]

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