Definition Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors. In Context "... We moved from place to place, imbibing the nectar of different cultures, much like the opalescent hummingbird." Kira Jane Buxton,“The Hummingbird and the Pine Tree,” The New York Times, April 14, 2017.
Definition(Noun) The name used for the people who live in a particular country, state, or other locality. In Context "The word 'Hoosier,' which today is the demonym used to describe people from the state of Indiana, is a mystery nearing its second century. It is one of the best-known irregular demonyms for American states, along with 'Yankee,' referring to someone from New York (and sometimes expanded from that into the entire Northeast), and 'Buckeye,' which refers to someone from Ohio. Dan Nosowitz, "The Unsolvable Mystery of the Word 'Hoosier'," Atlas Obscura, August 22, 2017
Reading by Osama Alomar & Luc Sante Wednesday, March 28, 2018 7:30 PM Donald G. Drapkin Studio, Lewis Arts complex FREE and open to the public Syrian-born poet and fiction writer Osama Alomar and Whiting Award-winning author Luc Sante read from their work on Wednesday, March 28, as part of the 2017-18 Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series presented by the Program in Creative Writing. Panel: Words Without Borders: The Translation of Books March 15 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Princeton Public Library The translation of books facilitates the migration of text between languages and allows ideas and stories to travel to other [...]
Definition (Noun)1. a. a procession of riders or carriages b. a procession of vehicles or ships 2. a dramatic sequence or procession: a series In Context "Though Buffett wasn't present in the flesh, his rum-sipping spirit certainly guided the costumed cavalcade." Doug Maccash, "Jimmy Buffett 'Parrot Head' fans parade in the French Quarter," NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2018
Tell Me a Story by Stephanie Whetstone Spend time with any toddler, and you will inevitably be asked for a story: to tell one or to read one, then another and another. You may even be asked to tell the same story over and over! Little humans crave stories, perhaps because stories teach us how to be human and how to interact with other humans (or, in the case of science fiction, how to relate to creatures from another planet). Scientists such as Paul Zak have recently shown that stories teach our brains to favor empathy. Perhaps that is why we [...]
Definition (Noun) Good-humored ridicule or banter, often disguising a serious purpose; teasing, mockery. In Context "This business of plastering was usually a festival, with laughter and raillery, for there were gaps between the poles, and a handful of mud could fly through a space into the face of a man standing behind: the thing could become a game, like children playing snowballs." Doris Lessing, African Stories, 1981.
Critical Assessment "Saunders’s novel is at its most potent and compelling when it is focused on Lincoln: a grave, deeply compassionate figure, burdened by both personal grief and the weight of the war, and captured here in the full depth of his humanity. In fact, it is Saunders’s beautifully realized portrait of Lincoln — caught at this hinge moment in time, in his own personal bardo, as it were — that powers this book over its more static sections and attests to the author’s own fruitful transition from the short story to the long-distance form of the novel. Michiko Tatukani, Review: [...]
