ALMOST IMMEDIATELY after melodrama had its heyday in the mid-19th century, it began to be mocked for being obsolete. In an 1890 burlesque of Victorien Sardou’s La Tosca, the play later adapted into a more famous opera, the police chief Scarpia proudly admits that, as a villain intent on “possess[ing]” the play’s titular heroine, he […]
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IN SPRING 2013, I began a class that has since evolved into the statewide program Prison Arts Collective (PAC). Over the past decade, working alongside artists, faculty members, students, and local and international volunteers, we have brought art to over 7,000 people incarcerated in California state prisons. Our vision is a collaborative and inclusive society […]
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IN A 2017 INTERVIEW with The White Review, Peter Stamm remembered a “special cookie” he loved as a child. As the Swiss novelist explained: “I had the feeling that wanting these cookies so much weakened me. So I bought a whole packet and ate all of it at once, hoping I wouldn’t like them anymore […]
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