I really, really, really, really grieved the loss of my first marriage, even though I was the one who said, “I don’t want to be married anymore. Let’s end this.” But it was a different kind of grief than the grief I had for my mom. I’ll always grieve my mom. It’ll be a loss…
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The Nobel Prize–winning novelist Toni Morrison died last night (August 5) at the age of 88, according to CNN. The cause of death has not been announced. Morrison, the author of such acclaimed books as Beloved (for which she won both the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award in 1988), The Bluest Eye, Sula,…
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“What’s been your favorite time of life?” I was asked a couple of months ago. My answer astonished my questioner—and me. For instead of a choice that approximated when I fell in love, or gave birth to my first baby, or held my first published book in my hot little hands, I looked back on…
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Crazy Rich Asians, which hits theaters this month, features an unprecedented feat in Hollywood: a principal cast entirely of Asian descent. It’s also, simply put, a really delightful romantic comedy. The movie follows a professor (Constance Wu) who travels to her boyfriend’s old stomping grounds in Singapore to attend an opulent wedding. (She’s also there…
Read moreIn our age, hookups seem to happen so easily, so quickly, so uninhibitedly,” says André Aciman, author of the novel Call Me by Your Name. “The basic demands are minimal: pleasure, safety, respect, fun. The one thing no one talks about is, How quickly will this person leave?” His book is now a film by…
Read moreIt’s a Tuesday night. I’m on my way home from work when a familiar anxiety starts to creep in: Called mom? Check. Went to the gym? Check. Renewed driver’s license? Check. So what is that gnawing feeling? Oh, right, it’s dinnertime, and I have absolutely no idea what I’m going to make. All I have…
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