Andy Henderson “ Swept Away ,” a musical about four men stranded at sea, had a landlocked genesis. John Logan , the show’s Oscar-nominated and Tony-winning writer, started teasing out the idea for the musical during a hike through Malibu Canyon, listening to The Avett Brothers ‘ folk and bluegrass hits. It wasn’t his idea, […]
100 Essays Chronic Eileen I started my blog, Chronic Eileen , in 2017. I was inspired by my rheumatologist, who told me to stay off the internet because “there’s too much misinformation out there.” I took that as a challenge to create a credible resource. Now, my rheumatologist refers her patients to my blog. Starting […]
Jaleel White. Getty Images (2) Writing a memoir presented Jaleel White with an opportunity to not only document the ups and downs he went through as a child star — but to highlight how far he has come after years of life in the public eye. “It was incredibly therapeutic,” White, 47, exclusively told Us […]
Photo by Pete Alexopoulos on Unsplash Over a decade has passed since I traded the sunny, desert landscape of El Paso, Texas, for the vibrant chaos of East Coast city life. And no matter the distance, all roads lead back to Texas, my compass, guiding me home. Although much has been said about The Texas-Mexico […]
Some time ago–a decade at least, but it feels longer–a literary agent read a manuscript that I’d written and told me that she loved it, loved my style, but the book felt too calculated, too much like a math problem. It didn’t lack heart per se, she said, but it felt too much like a […]
Fiction Haruki Murakami’s New Novel Doesn’t Feel All That New “The City and Its Uncertain Walls” features all the author’s signature elements — and his singular voice — in a story he has told before. A color illustration of two figures meeting over a low brick wall. They are embracing each other and their faces […]
