Sarah Langan ’96 Creates A Better World
In a departure from her early-career success in horror, Langan is now dabbling in science fiction Author Sarah Langan ’96 reinvented herself with the publication of her latest book, A Better World. (Photo: David Zaugh, Zaugh Photography) Share By Bob Keyes July 17, 2024 Sarah Langan ’96 understands reinvention. An award-winning writer who carved her […]
The Doctor Is Out: What Do I Read Now?
On the docuseries “Couples Therapy,” Dr. Orna Guralnik helps real couples (and one polycule) work through struggles with intimacy, communication and commitment. It can be hard when shrinks go on summer vacation — especially in a summer when each news cycle seems to bring more upsetting developments to process. And it doesn’t help that the […]
Jeffrey Eugenides on Colm Tóibín, “The Kindest Person in the World”
“Colm Tóibín is the kindest person in the world.” Don’t take my word for it. That’s a quote. The speaker was my six-year-old daughter, Georgia; the time almost exactly twenty years ago. Colm and I were attending the Parati Literary Festival, in Brazil. Among the other participants that year were many writers who have received […]
My Mother and Alice Munro
Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash When I was a very little girl my mother used to take me over to the neighbor’s house down the street. Susan* (*not her real name), the neighbor was twenty or so years older than my mother and had a forty-year-old son who lived at home with her. He […]