A study on how to put on a show. — Netflix’s Hollywood rewrites history to show how “everything and nothing has changed in Hollywood,” according to director Ryan Murphy. But the real social criticism of the show lies in the fact that it’s not a revisionist history at all. It provides an accurate, although glamorized, a glimpse into the history…

a poem — The birds appear to chat on the grassy moss patch that has crawled over the harbor at low tide like a map They bob their heads and ponder their eyes flicker but don’t wander as they fly back to their island homes in straw nests above the monsters. The moss…

The drama offers a darkly comedic take on suburban America There are few shows that outdo their source material. But by making the HBO Limited Series adaptation of the hit novel Big Little Lies glamorous and high-stakes, the talented cast creates a winning drama with humor to buoy its dark…

a poem The briny shore when the tide is low like terrain from another world gulls pick at the salty clam bed children step on the fish that are dead. Parents utter futile calls to bring the little ones back to the car they’ll eat in the kitchen with the TV on…

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a poem — I would live an American life if I had more lives but that is not who I am maybe if I’m reborn or if I was a cat I’d spend my life in a backyard catching helpless rats. But I have big questions the stars and stripes only answer the millions of…

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How the sci-fi throwback dominates the conversation with every release — Every year, there is that one TV show, song, or movie that everyone talks about. When Post Malone released beerbongs & bentleys, people I know posted it on their Snapchat stories. I wondered, Why are people advertising the fact that they listen to generic pop-rap fare? What’s so revolutionary about…

Contemplating mortality might just lead to something greater. — Although not on the album, Lana Del Rey’s single “Young and Beautiful,” written for the Great Gatsby (2013) soundtrack, captures the essence of her debut Born to Die. Its sense of desire, that most stars would convey with doe-eyed admiration instead of cynicism on a debut album, comes coupled with…