Please join Princeton Writes in congratulating Pooja Makhijani, Communications Manager, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and baker extraordinaire, on her recent essay published in the New York Times Read it here! You can also follow her on Instagram @laborofloaf.
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Grammar Saves the Day! by Stephanie Whetstone In this time of divisive rhetoric and vitriol, it's nice to know there is a place where we can find scintillating conversation and common ground, in spite of our many differences: at the Grammar Table. Though many think grammarians are stuffy introverts hiding in ivory towers, some grammar gurus, like Ellen Jovin, are literally on the street, reaching out to help fellow writers in need and to bond with other language lovers. On campus, Princeton Writes stands at the ready to help you solve grammar conundrums, but when you're in New York City, just [...]
Critical Evaluation "In one beautifully observed, quietly absorbing novel after another, Alice McDermott has made the insular world of New York's Irish Catholic immigrants in the first half of the 20th century her own, much as Anne Tyler has laid claim to Baltimore's middle class. And, like Tyler, in focusing tightly on a close-knit community of ordinary people, she leads us to a deeper understanding of the human condition. The Ninth Hour, McDermott's eighth novel, is about an order of nursing nuns and the needy families, elderly shut-ins, disabled invalids and strapped widows they care for in a predominantly Irish Catholic [...]
