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Poetry Review: “Blood Lines” — Living into the Dark

November 11, 2022
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Presumably, as a policy specialist, Ann Bookman sought to turn ideals into practical reality. Conversely, here in Blood Lines, she unwinds reality to find emotional clarity.

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Book Excerpt: Helen Epstein’s “Getting Through It: My Year of Cancer During Covid”

May 11, 2022
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Just after Covid arrived in North America, journalist Helen Epstein was diagnosed with endometrial cancer — one of a predicted 66,570 new cases of cancer of the uterine body in the United States in 2021.

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Stage Review: In The Body of the World — Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Worlds

May 25, 2016
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This is a rich evening of theater because it takes up social and psychological problems that aren’t ordinarily addressed on our stages.

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Theater Review: An Underwhelming Staging of “Wit”

February 12, 2012
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Although I was disappointed in this Manhattan Theatre Club production, I am, however, very glad to have seen “Wit” — it is a contemporary classic.

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