Review: In ‘The Outsiders,’ a New Song for the Young Misfits
Brody Grant, center, as Ponyboy Curtis after the rumble in the musical “The Outsiders” at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theater in Manhattan. For many young misfits and wannabes, “The Outsiders,” published in 1967, is still a sacred text. Written by an actual teenager — S.E. Hinton drafted it in high school — it spoke with […]
Against Journaling: Dennis Tang on the Joys of Not Writing It All Down
I remember being a small child, doing arithmetic at the kitchen table, but not what state I was in—Delaware, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, we moved all around. I remember the face of my middle school bully, but not his name. I remember falling desperately in love with a girl in my college Shakespeare lecture, but not what […]