Being Jean Valjean in Today’s World
Les Miserables punched me in the gut. It showed the depths of desperation and the most crass and compassionate responses of the human heart. It…
read moreLes Miserables punched me in the gut. It showed the depths of desperation and the most crass and compassionate responses of the human heart. It…
read moreIn Don Jon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Jon Martello, a New Jersey man dedicated to, as he puts it, “my body, my pad, my ride, my…
read moreAs the holiday season draws nearer, so do my responsibilities as a mother and college professor. Meeting work deadlines, traveling for business, attending committee meetings,…
read moreDuring my many years of volunteer service (primarily in hunger relief organizations), I’ve witnessed a frustrating phenomenon. While people (admirably) tend to focus on opportunities…
read moreA few years ago, I was asked to sit on an alumnae panel at my high school to talk about life in college and beyond.…
read moreEdgar Wright and Simon Pegg, the duo behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, have done it again with The World’s End. Clever and…
read moreThis summer’s latest blockbuster, Elysium, shows its audience two separate worlds — the space station Elysium, paradise of the rich, where the sun perpetually shines…
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