Molly Fischer
Molly Fischer
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You Are a Princess! - Second Place, Wallace Prize for Nonfiction
You Are a Princess! - Second Place, Wallace Prize for Nonfiction
Personal Essay - Ace
He was not attractive. We did not care. “He looks like a turtle,” said my friend Sara. “And I love him.”
SCENE COVER | Yale in pop culture, from Gatsby to Gossip Girl
Yale has always enjoyed a privileged place in pop culture. But what happens when books and films stop reflecting our Yale experience — and start shaping it?
Yale has always enjoyed a privileged place in pop culture. But what happens when books and films stop reflecting our Yale experience — and start shaping it?
Yale in pop culture, from Gatsby to Gossip Girl
Yale in pop culture, from Gatsby to Gossip Girl
Ivory Tower Mothers: A tale of teaching and
The Saybrook courtyard was designed to evoke Oxbridge — lots of soldered windows and faux-gothic stone. It’s old school in the oldest, and most scholastic, sense. But climb the stairs above the master’s office and you’ll find yourself removed from academic Yale. You’ll find yourself in Jennifer Bair’s apartment.
Lips try to pee in their mouths, fail
Phil Elvrum of the Microphones claims that Black Lips singer Cole Alexander, “Peed into his own mouth and then spit it on the crowd. But he really is a sweet guy.” Good bad not evil indeed.
Deadly Syndrome cook book
LA band fails to deliver more than whimsy and French fowl
Here’s how to eat an ortolan, a small species of bird traditionally served as a delicacy in France: Capture the ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana), force-feed it oats and millet until it grows obese, then drown the bird in brandy and consume it with a napkin draped over your head — “to preserve the precious aromas,” in the words of Wine Spectator Magazine.
Catchy new Veils lineup
Dark, brooding, thoughtful … and catchy? Perhaps they don’t seem like an immediate fit, but all of the above apply to “Nux Vomica.”
Eli produces brainiac’s biopic
OK, picture Einstein. Ready? “Frisky” might not be the first word most would associate with the frizzy-haired physicist — but maybe we should think again, Gabe Polsky ’02 said.
FEMA to assess state storm damage this week
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will arrive in Connecticut today to begin assessing damage from the weekend’s storm.