S#*! My Mom Says
If Oscar Wilde was right and all women become like their mothers, you can forgive me for feeling a little anxious after my parents' last trip to Los Angeles, where my sister and I live.
If Oscar Wilde was right and all women become like their mothers, you can forgive me for feeling a little anxious after my parents' last trip to Los Angeles, where my sister and I live.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.25.2012
Family music has changed much in recent years, with groups representing every possible musical genre (folk, rock, bluegrass, jazz, Latin, Americana, hip-hop, etc) only under the sub-genre of Kindie Rock.
Justin Snider | Posted 05.19.2012
Mike Daisey is a man damned -- or so the blogosphere, journos and pundits the world over would have us believe. He conflated fact and fiction, and he ...
Pam Grout | Posted 03.27.2012
Oxford is a medieval dreamland, a time warp of sorts, where everything from winding cobblestone lanes to impeccably manicured gardens is ancient and historical.
Vaishali | Posted 03.18.2012
Oscar Wilde's wisdom, insight and penchant for truth are as accurate and sobering now as they were over 10 decades ago.
Paul Schwennesen | Posted 03.18.2012
The beauty of price, in contrast, is that it represents a consensus, a vote as it were, of the collective judgment of something's relative value. A Rembrandt's worth is not "incalculable" but is actually $33 million at Christie's.
Posted 12.01.2011
Female fans of Oscar Wilde are going to have to find a new way to pay their respects for the dead. The cult practice of leaving a red lipstick kiss on...
Posted 12.31.2011
While great art lives forever, great artists don't. And aside all of the panic, pain and stress death brings, there is also the pressure to come out w...
www.guardian.co.uk | Posted 11.15.2011
The grandson of Oscar Wilde is accusing an Olivier award-winning theatre company of "dishonesty" over its claims that it is staging "the world premier...
Posted 10.09.2011
A writer's life revolves around always knowing what to say and how to say it. But in the face of death, you'd think fear, pain and pressure would trum...
David Finkle | Posted 10.08.2011
We need to thank director-adapter Michael Gieleta for the revival of Noel Coward's Bitter Sweet at Bard College's Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Correction: We need to thank him up to a point.
Pamela Newton | Posted 09.27.2011
It has recently occurred to me that email and text messaging are actually a quaint throwback to the good old days of interpersonal communication.
Lori Bryant Woolridge | Posted 09.25.2011
When I think about the famous women, like Jennifer Lopez, who many of us look up to as sensual and sexual icons, most are considered scandalous in some form or fashion.
Patricia Zohn | Posted 09.18.2011
An exhibition about maverick artists in London draws uncanny parallels to the fallout from the British phone hacking scandal.
The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.10.2011
The historic El Paso Club in Colorado Springs has been an exclusive men's club for 134 years and recently voted to continue to deny women membership -...
flavorwire.com | Posted 08.13.2011
It’s a well-known stereotype that many literary authors are also raging drunkards. Which, forgive us, doesn’t make us want to emulate them any les...
GalleyCat | Jason Boog on April 26, 2011 10:43 AM | Posted 06.27.2011
Tired of reading about Jersey Shore book deals? Literature has finally struck back. In the video embedded above, two stars of an Oscar Wilde play o...
Posted 06.26.2011
If you've seen an episode of MTV's Jersey Shore, you know the cast is prone to throwing around quoteworthy phrases like confetti. Where would Amer...
Jim Schuchart | Posted 05.29.2011
Follow these four steps to quantifying customer value and you'll be on the path to pricing like the pros.
The Independent | Posted 05.25.2011
Education Secretary Michael Gove says that children aged 11 should be reading 50 books a year to improve literacy standards. We asked three of Brit...
Liza Weisstuch | Posted 09.20.2011
Bill Bush | Posted 05.25.2011
Samara O'Shea | Posted 11.17.2011
It's painful to disentangle yourself emotionally from someone you love, whether he's a boyfriend, fiancé or husband, but it's significantly easier to untie yourself from someone legally if you haven't sworn, "Till death do us part."
Ronda Carman | Posted 05.25.2011
While Paris has long been the idyllic destination for lovers, it is the Pont des Arts pedestrian bridge over the Seine River that has recently become ...
flavorwire.com | Kathleen Massara | Posted 05.25.2011
Wooing is hard work. Inevitably all of us will be crushed by disappointment from time to time when a chosen paramour rejects us with a single, cutting...
Claire Fordham | Posted 05.08.2012