Month: December 2021

Stranger Things gave its first happy ending to Jonathan Byers and Nancy Wheeler, but in doing so, ruined two of the show’s best characters. Audiences rejoiced when the pair made their relationship official in the show’s second season and were excited to see what else was in store for the couple. Unfortunately, their newspaper subplot in Stranger Things season 3 made
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News Patti Smith Awarded Key to New York City “I wish I could give New York City the key to me.” By Evan Minsker December 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bill de Blasio presents Patti Smith with the Key to the City of New York (Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office) Facebook Twitter Patti Smith was awarded the
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News Listen to Jhay Cortez’s New Song “ENTERRAUW” The song is the latest shot fired in his beef with fellow Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro By Matthew Ismael Ruiz December 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Jhay Cortez (Photo by Natalia Aguilera) Facebook Twitter Jhay Cortez has shared a new song called “ENTERRAUW.” The 7-minute track is
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A month or so ago, I recommended a book to my friend and coworker. We were discussing some of our favorite books, so I had to mention The Little Prince. Considering that we both work with kids and love to foster a sense of wonder, the recommendation was spot on. With that said, in my
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Who is Elena Ferrante? It’s an interesting question posed to me often when I’m recommending her work. It’s meant as a straightforward question, and in some ways I could give them a straightforward answer. Elena Ferrante is the author of many internationally acclaimed novels, originally written in Italian and translated by Ann Goldstein. She’s particularly
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There are many parts of books, from the folio page to the end credits, that the casual reader might fly right by without noticing the detail that goes into each element. Rioter Kelly Jensen recently wrote a great article on credit pages in books, a rarely seen example of paratext that would acknowledge the myriad
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Like many other people, since March 2020, I became really familiar with my immediate neighborhood. I’ve taken hundreds of walks around our home and gotten to know the gardens and homes of the people around me. I now have favorite gardens; I take people on tours of my favorite Halloween decorations and the house with
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There’s a fairly common hypothetical question you may have heard: “What would you like your last meal to be?” It’s morbid, but it’s also a way of thinking about what food means to us beyond sustenance, how it can also be a source of memory, comfort, and pleasure. But anyone who loves reading knows that
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