There is a new Romeo and Juliet on the block. It was meant to be a stage production by London's National Theatre but the pandemic scuttled those plans (because of course it did). Rather than abandon it altogether, the creators decided to film it as a movie, but one that avoids the trap of merely … Continue reading I Look to Like: A New ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and Why Some Stories Persist
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Mid-Century Macabre: Shirley Jackson and Josephine Tey
I have a brilliant friend whose bailiwicks include mid-twentieth century fiction and depictions of madness. Shirley Jackson, unsurprisingly, is a favorite. The only things I'd read of hers before were "The Lottery," (#iconic) and The Haunting of Hill House (1959), which I read as a teenager and barely remembered. But inspired by my friend, I … Continue reading Mid-Century Macabre: Shirley Jackson and Josephine Tey
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