The Fears of the Middle Class.
Writer and social critic Barbara Ehrenreich (air-en-RIKE). Her new book, "Fear of Falling," examines the middle class in America and the many myths associated with it. Her articles and essays appear in the New York Times, the Atlantic, Ms magazine, and Mother Jones.
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Kevin Whitehead finds John Zorn's New Album "Weird."
Kevin Whitehead reviews composer and saxophonist John Zorn's new album "Spy vs Spy."
Mystery Novels, Lesbians. and Feminism.
Mystery writer Mary Wings. Wings' novels draw on the familiar hard-boiled detective genre, but her heroine is a lesbian-feminist detective named Emma Victor. Wings new book is titled "She Came in a Flash."
Love and Need are Explored in a New Mystery Film.
Film critic Steven Schiff previews "Sea of Love," which opens on Friday (Sept. 15). It stars Al Pacino as a cop who falls in love with a suspected killer, played by Ellen Barkin.
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