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The Resounding Silences of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”

The Resounding Silences of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”

When we first meet <b>Shula</b> (Susan Chardy), the quietly unbending protagonist of “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,” she is driving home from a fancy-dress party, wearing dark shades, a gleaming metal helmet, and a puffy black jumpsuit—it looks like an inflated trash bag—that engulfs her from the neck down. Some will recognize the look as an homage to Missy Elliott, specifically the music video for her 1997 solo-single début, “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)”; others may wonder if Shula, with …

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

You say, "But you know what you're doing, right? You're an old Army medic, or ..." At this point the guy becomes annoyed. He tells you that he is a nice guy, he is honest, he is always on time. He tells you that he is a great son to his mother and has a rich life full of fulfilling hobbies, and he boasts that he never uses foul language. Confused, you say, "How does any of that fucking matter …

The Day After Tomorrow

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When It Rains It Pours

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There Goes The Giant Mantis Crab

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Will Harvard Bend or Break?

There would be debate about who struck the match that lit the fuse that spiralled around campus, but the sequence of events was plain enough to everyone who saw it burn. On October 9, 2023, two days after Hamas-led fighters from Gaza invaded Israel, killing twelve hundred people and taking more than two hundred hostages, Claudine Gay, the new president of Harvard University, exchanged e-mails with a small group of colleagues to draft a suitable response. Should they call the …

The Seven Reasons There Is Something There

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The new title Of The World

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