love poem (you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf) love poem (you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf)
you’re a little too good at speaking on my behalf at the holiday dinner I sit between you my mother, her husband, reproduction everywhere and wonder why we pass or do we pass? for…
Mar 31, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Stephanie Young
Puzzle No. 3529 Puzzle No. 3529
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Eastern yogi, originally in Asian capital, had a meal before beginning to read our message for Nation cryptic solve…
Mar 26, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Carbon Copies Carbon Copies
1- Cattle in the agriculture of a self besieged by the deceit of payback as insurance against extinction. There are other ways. Everything in moderation. The middle path comes afte…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Fady Joudah
The Virtues The Virtues
To practice the virtues, you’ll need to ask What a virtuous person would do in a situation Like this one, here in the health-food restaurant, After witnessing the young father, two…
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Carl Dennis
How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood How Films Were Made in Cold War Hollywood
Lillian Ross’s Picture traces the ways in which the Red Scare shaped a generation’s creative and professional compromises.
Mar 24, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Max Nelson
The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican The Beautiful, Baffling Mysteries of Paolo Sorrentino’s Vatican
His television series, The Young Pope and The New Pope, tell us a story bigger than one focused on just church or state.
Mar 23, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz
Puzzle No. 3528 Puzzle No. 3528
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Reverse damage involving single candelabra (7) 5 Wine and mead curdled nest egg (7) 9 Like Johnson, engage in bea…
Mar 19, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
No Cross Words No Cross Words
Our cryptic maestros say a fond farewell.
Mar 19, 2020 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Immigrant Song Immigrant Song
Bitter Mother Blue, dead, rush of mothers, conceal your island, little star. Trains, hands, note on a thread, Poland’s dish of salt. They said, The orphanlands of America promise y…
Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Dana Levin
The Excavation The Excavation
My 8-yr-old daughter is teaching me how to live with myself after 34yrs in this body I can finally split myself in two & marvel that now I pass the Bechdel test. What I’ve let…
Mar 17, 2020 / Books & the Arts / Jenn Givhan