Slate has an essay by Election and Little Children author Tom Perrotta on the Republican vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, in which he writes, "Caribou hunting aside, Sarah Palin represents the state-of-the-art version of a particular type of woman—let’s call her the Sexy Puritan—that’s become a familiar and potent figure in the culture Read More
It’s a classic tale: the going-nowhere 30-something who lives in his parents’ basement in New Jersey. The bohemian Manhattan chick who makes him realize there’s more to life than playing in a wedding band in the suburbs. A bridge-and-tunnel romance that shatters the engagement with his long-time girlfriend! Actually, it sounds more like the plot Read More
While John Grisham’s Playing for Pizza and Alice Sebold’s The Almost Moon top the New York Times‘ best sellers list, we’re poking our heads into BookCourt in Cobble Hill to see what Brooklynites are tucking into their totes.
Out in the Manhattan suburb (sorry, it’s true!), where baby strollers, Read More
Todd Field’s Little Children, from a screenplay by Mr. Field and Tom Perrotta, based on the novel by Mr. Perrotta, is centered on a contemporary suburban Madame Bovary, Sarah Pierce, played with full-bodied grace and gusto by Kate Winslet. Sarah is a housewife who seems determined to mortify her ingrained feminist sensibility at every turn. Read More
Todd Field’s Little Children, from a screenplay by Mr. Field and Tom Perrotta, based on the novel by Mr. Perrotta, is centered on a contemporary suburban Madame Bovary, Sarah Pierce, played with full-bodied grace and gusto by Kate Winslet. Sarah is a housewife who seems determined to mortify her ingrained feminist sensibility at every turn. Read More
