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Known for his novel The Things They Carried, OBrien is now the subject of a new documentary, The War and Peace of Tim OBrien. When he became a father in his late 50s, he initially feared parenthood would curtail his writing." Much as Vietnam did, [parenthood] gave me a body of material, that kind of context to write about," he says. "Maybe its biology just keeping the species going, but I feel that Im part of something age-old thats going to continue long after Im gone."Also,...

Ellen McGarrahan was a young reporter for The Miami Herald, when she witnessed an execution that went horribly wrong. She revisits the case of Jesse Tafero in an intense new true crime book.

Ellen McGarrahan was a young reporter for The Miami Herald, when she witnessed an execution that went horribly wrong. She revisits the case of Jesse Tafero in an intense new true crime book.

“Tea looks disgusting – insipid, even – and it smells disgusting.” Molly Chesney from Newark in Nottinghamshire, has never had a cup of tea in her life. She’s 48 and has dabbled in fruit teas – “blackcurrant, normally, when I’m trying not to have a gin and tonic” – but a classic British cuppa? Never. Not a drop. She ponders why as we chat over the phone (me, with a cuppa in hand). “We never had tea or coffee as kids – I don’t know the age kids start being given hot dr...

Sarasota Opera returns with a ‘Happy Deception’ A new Sarasota Opera season gets underway this weekend with the opening of Rossini’s one-act comic opera “The Happy Deception.” Soprano Hanna Brammer stars as the Duchess Isabella, who disappears and washes ashore in a small mining town, where she is taken in and cared for by a kindly miner, played by bass/baritone Alexander Charles Boyd (Brammer’s real-life husband). Tenor Christopher Bozeka plays her grieving husband, Duke Bertrando....

Charles Murray must be the bravest man in America. His new book, to be published in June, is titled Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America. This is how the book is described on Amazon: The charges of white privilege and systemic racism that are tearing the country apart fIoat free of reality. Two known facts, long since documented beyond reasonable doubt, need to be brought into the open

Arts events for Sarasota-Manatee: Feb. 4-10 Our weekly guide to the visual and performing arts in the Sarasota-Manatee area. Tony nominee returns to Asolo Rep Asolo Repertory Theatre is welcoming back audiences for a weekend of outdoor concerts by two-time Tony nominee Laura Osnes, who made her Sarasota debut in the pre-Broadway run of “Bonnie & Clyde” in 2010. She also starred on Broadway in “Grease,” “Cinderella,” “South Pacific” and “Bandstand.” Osnes, who was seen in ...

Ortiz, a teacher who has been seen on stage at Asolo Repertory Theatre and the Banyan Theater, was part of the first SaraSolo festival in 2015 with his play “My Prodigal Son.” His new piece, directed by Bob Vernon, deals with the impact Trayvon Martin’s death has an on an acting class for a group of multiracial at-risk students and their teachers. Ortiz is a former faculty member and administrator at Oasis Middle School in Bradenton. Dennis McSorley of Vermont will perform “Box of Squir...

“Tea looks disgusting – insipid, even – and it smells disgusting.” Molly Chesney from Newark in Nottinghamshire, has never had a cup of tea in her life. She’s 48 and has dabbled in fruit teas – “blackcurrant, normally, when I’m trying not to have a gin and tonic” – but a classic British cuppa? Never. Not a drop. She ponders why as we chat over the phone (me, with a cuppa in hand). “We never had tea or coffee as kids – I don’t know the age kids start being given hot dr...

Bella Poarch Calls Out Griffin Johnson for "Trying" to Slide into Her DMs Uh oh, this seems strangely familiar. �� tried sliding into her DMs, but Griffin says he did actually slide into them. Griffin hits on Bella and she shuts him down. They then have a short-lived feud on social media. Another day, another random TikTok drama. It all started after Addison Rae did the "2 Truths and a Lie" trend (in which she revealed she did NOT bail Bryce Hall out of jail in May 2020) and tagged Bella Po...