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Isabel Allende fell in love with New Orleans just before Katrina, and Haiti just before the earthquake. The quake in her native Chile didn’t shake her as much.
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Why female writers are so often overlooked in Latin American literary studies.
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In memoirs, the author must decide “what is mine to tell and what is not mine to tell.” But in fiction, “I do whatever I want.”
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Writers only need to gather stories and tell them. “I’m not trying to deliver any kind of mission, and I don’t think I have a mission—except telling a story,” says […]
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What the “Island Beneath the Sea” author’s desk looks like and why she starts each new novel on January 8th.
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Like magic realism, Isabel Allende’s life has transcended borders.
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The monologue from her one-woman show reflects a point in her life when the playwright began feeling more connected with Middle Eastern culture.
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The playwright says the situation in the Mideast isn’t about Mulsims in conflict with Jews, or even about land—it’s a human rights issue.
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The playwright says she tries to maintain a humanist perspective: “Each person who interacts with me is a human being and they are the sum of all of the things […]
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It’s emotionally intense for Najla Said to relive her childhood of cultural confusion and her eating disorder on stage.
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Rehearsing for a one-woman show can get lonely and tiring, but once you’ve successfully passed the challenge you feel like you can do anything.
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A conversation with the actress and playwright.
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We may not know how bad global warming will get, but the possible outcomes are so dire that we need to take mitigating steps.
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We need to use what we have better, use less of it, and develop credible alternative sources of energy.
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The RPI president thinks four elements need to be in place to foster scientific innovation: strategic focus, transformative ideas, translational pathways, and capital.
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America’s most innovative companies are having an increasingly hard time finding qualified staffers who were born in the U.S.
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Young people need to be exposed early on to the wonders and the beauty of science.
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A conversation with the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute president.
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The Amygdaloids’ “Mind over Matter” appears on the band’s newest album, “Theory of my Mind.”