Literature and Poetry
CultureWatch Reviews:The Tiger's Wife and Henrietta Lacks
The power and intricacy of The Tiger’s Wife mark the beginning of what, if Téa Obreht keeps writing, should become a distinguished literary career. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, now in paperback, is both a cautionary tale and a call for justice. In 1951 no laws were broken when Henrietta Lacks’ cancer cells were passed on, but ethical issues were ignored by medical and science communities more »
Engineering and Couture: Fashioning Apollo
When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon July, 1969, they wore spacesuits made by Playtex: twenty-one layers of fabric, each with a distinct yet interrelated function, custom-sewn for them by seamstresses, whose usual work was fashioning bras and girdles more »
Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior
Throughout history, there are compelling stories of small and large acts of helping, honesty, and prosocial behavior. Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one’s own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. Too often the news reports stories of injustice, dishonesty, and human violence more »
"The frown, the roughness of the traveller set me at my ease"; A New Jane Eyre Movie Version
"Something of daylight still lingered, and the moon was waxing bright: I could see him plainly ... I felt no fear of him, and but little shyness. Had he been a handsome, heroic-looking young gentleman, I should not have dared to stand thus questioning him against his will, and offering my services unasked" more »