Friendship
Novelist Sigrid Nunez On Climate Change, Mortality And Life In A Pandemic
Nunez's latest novel, What Are You Going Through, is about facing the possible death of our planet from climate change — while also dealing with our mortality as individuals.
Novelist Stephen McCauley Embraces Life On A 'Small, Everyday Scale'
McCauley's novel, My Ex-Life, is a comedy about a couple whose marriage ended years ago when the husband came out as gay. "All relationships evolve — even for people who stay together," he says.
Two Italys Take A Road Trip In 'Il Sorpasso'
The 1962 comic drama follows two young men: one who smacks of Italy's joyless '50s and one who embodies the prosperity and recklessness of the '60s. The film is now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
A Poetry Reading: 'To My Oldest Friend, Whose Silence Is Like A Death'
Fresh Air's classical music critic Lloyd Schwarz published a poem about friendship and loss on Poets.org.
A Poetry Reading: 'To My Oldest Friend, Whose Silence Is Like A Death.'
Fresh Air's classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz recently published a poem about friendship and loss on Poets.org.
Teens Rehearse For Adulthood In Wolitzer's 'Interestings'
Meg Wolitzer's novel is about lifelong friendship tinged with jealousy. It begins at a summer camp in 1974 and follows a group of friends through middle age. Wolitzer says her teen years were a rehearsal for her adult life and that today she is "different" but "in the same shell."
Boozy Bromance 'World's End' Rises Above Its Lowbrow Tactics
Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's latest collaboration follows five friends who reunite for an epic tour of 12 suburban English pubs. Critic David Edelstein calls the sci-fi comedy "the year's most uproarious movie."