In These Thrillers, Everyone Has Secrets. Big Ones.
Credit…Doeun Choi Thrillers Our columnist on three riveting new reads. Credit…Doeun Choi July 15, 2024 In McLean, Va., Stella Parker’s pampered suburban life is unraveling. “Funny how things come full circle,” her weird neighbor Gwen says to her in an inexplicable doorstep confrontation. What does that mean, exactly? Stella hopes that no one, especially her […]
Creed’s Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti on the ‘Goosebump Moment’ of Writing 2001’s ‘One Last Breath’
Creed (Credit: Chuck Brueckmann) Launched in Tallahassee, Florida in 1994, Creed broke through in a big way with their 1997 debut, My Own Prison , which eventually shifted more than six million units in the U.S. alone. The band’s second album, 1999’s Human Clay , sold nearly twice as many copies. And Creed kept the […]
Does Ballet Need Narrative?
Ever since I was a child, I have been drawn to dance because it expresses emotions and bodily impulses without words. Once, when I was a young dancer, standing in the wings and nervous that my mind was blank, a senior colleague told me not to worry. “It’s when the words come that you’re finished,” […]