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You don’t have to be a member of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute to figure out that when you title a memoir of your parents ‘Them,’ you’re performing an act of distancing.

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With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it’s a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal.

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Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.

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May 26, 2024

Ballet Hispanico is far from Irish, and, though it has strong dancers, its Spanishness has always left me unconvinced.

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May 26, 2024

With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it’s a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal.

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