Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Consider the plight of the reluctant idealist. Evan Marquez (Brian Jordan Alvarez), the titular character in the new FX comedy “English Teacher,” is an exemplar of the type. Under different circumstances,…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The broad saltwater creek near my house spans a couple of hundred yards from shore to shore. I reach it by descending a grassy hill, opening a wooden gate, and crossing…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The sad music snuck up on us, stealing into the conversation just as we turned to the future of biracial identity. “We’re under deep suspicion at the moment,” Danzy Senna confided…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Children growing up in the city are often especially fond of time spent at the playground. In many instances, the supervision of those precious moments of freedom is done not by…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. The shiny BP gas station that occupies the…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 1953, Roald Dahl published “The Great Automatic Grammatizator,” a short story about an electrical engin
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I’m going to be straight here: I love celebrities. I love thinking about them, reading about them, and writing about them. There’s also little that brings me more pleasure than spotting…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Little did I know, when, in December, 1979, I saw Steven Spielberg’s new film, “1941”—in 70-mm., on the curved screen of the Cinema 150 theatre, in Woodbury, Long Island— that I…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Sheldon PearceA contributor to Goings On since 2020. You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One day in the mid-two-thousands, a teen-ager named Amy waited to hear the voice of God. She was sitting in a youth Bible-study group, surrounded by her peers, and losing patience.…
