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Listening intently. (Photo by Katherine Hala, via Flickr/Creative Commons.)

The gut-punch of kids’ poetry

Fighting words
The women dance the poems my students wrote; they shout, they punch phrases with choral readings or echo words for emphasis, using hands and mouths and eyes to semaphore anger, silliness, betrayal, and sorrow.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Essays 6 minute read
Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart in "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" (2009)

Amy Adams gives up her first-class seat to a soldier

How should we support our troops?
The actress Amy Adams made the news recently by giving up her first-class plane seat to a soldier flying coach. Do we owe our troops anything more?
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Essays 3 minute read
Taking the artist's measure. (Image from the Smithsonian Institution Archives [SIA].)

Further thoughts on Tara Erraught

For female performers’ bodies, don’t lose sight of tradition
I’m so glad some writers are still willing to speak up when others suggest that we might be able to separate critical commentary on talent from judgment of physical appearance.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Essays 5 minute read
Truckin' through the Super Fresh. (Photo by Polycart, via Flickr/Creative Commons.)

The-Discount-That-Must-Not-Be-Named
Torn between wanting that discount and not wanting to claim it?
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 3 minute read
What will you have engraved on your tombstone? (Photo by Adam Jones adamjones.freeservers.com, via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Thoughts on birthdays

Ageless
When we hit a particular birthday, are we over the hill or the embodiment of the wisdom of the ages?
Susan Beth Lehman

Susan Beth Lehman

Essays 3 minute read
Stacia Friedman and her mother Ceil.

Too funny! Too Jewish!
When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, I couldn’t translate her suffering — or mine — into laughter.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

Essays 3 minute read
Photo of Grace Paley via world-citizenship.org

Dishing it with Grace Paley
Paley understood that human beings were deeply, viscerally connected and that survival — of ourselves, our children, and the planet — depended on recognizing that fact and then acting on it.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Essays 5 minute read
Tara Erraught (right) with Kate Royal in the Glyndebourne production of "Der Rosenkavalier." (Photo by Bill Cooper for Glyndebourne Festival Opera)

The weighty issues raised by Tara Erraught
When is it — and when isn't it — appropriate to comment on a performer's physical appearance?
Wendy Rosenfield

Wendy Rosenfield

Essays 5 minute read
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The Home for Obsolete and Outmoded Expressions
Ever wonder what happens to superannuated slang? Our intrepid reporter finds out.
Perry Block

Perry Block

Essays 3 minute read
"Assassin's Creed 4," art by agentromi via Deviant Art/Creative Commons.

Should an arts website cover video games?
Are video games art? Whether they are or aren't, they illuminate the relationship between creators and their audiences — so Broad Street Review should be covering them.

John Simons

Essays 3 minute read