Art Imitates Testimony: On the Real-Life Inspiration For Uncle Tom’s Cabin
When Jackson escaped from the English family plantation on Christmas Day back in 1846, he had put the ones near and dear to...
Pride, Prejudice, Sex, and Drugs: How Jane Austen Helped Me Write a Profane Novel
In an early scene of my novel The Singer Sisters, rock singer Emma Cantor stands with her guitar in a sea of marijuana...
Whose Family Values? On Republicans’ Hypocritical Embrace of Donald Trump
“When anyone calls me a liberal, I say, ‘You’re damn right,’ because at the heart of that word is ‘liberty,’” explained law professor,...
Can Computers Create? A Short History of Mechanized Artistic Ambition
AI may be able to perform some routine tasks traditionally done by creative professionals, but could AI possess genuine creativity? Two of the...