Helen Epstein
Jay Parini has provided an important slice of literary and cultural history as well as a portrait of a man.
Read MoreTechnology is the gimmick in this two-hander, but what makes Blink absorbing is the writing, teamed with excellent acting and directing.
Read MoreThe relationship between a now-single mother and her bright, troubled daughter makes for a convincing, pertinent, and deeply funny play.
Read MoreIn this Shaw Festival production we have something all too 21st century: the deliberate dumbing down of a complex play.
Read MoreWilliam Inge’s Off the Main Road is both contemporary and politically incorrect in the best ways.
Read More“I was/am struck by the women in The How and the Why. I hadn’t seen them onstage before. Nor had I quite heard from them before.”
Read MoreOliver Sacks’ On the Move is an absorbing, idiosyncratic, often moving memoir.
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Fuse Book Commentary: Found in Translation — Out in the ‘Burbs
Every writer fantasizes about passionate readers. These were as passionate as they come.
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