Northwest Corner

John Burnham Schwartz, author of the acclaimed novel Reservation Road, takes up again the tale of flawed everyman Dwight Arno. Seeking to piece his life back together after he struck and killed a child in a tragic hit-and-run, Dwight is confronted with the unexpected arrival of his son Sam, fleeing his own misdeeds. Can hard-won lessons be passed between generations? What are the limits, if any, of familial love and duty? Schwartz's engaging father and son story isn't afraid to offer canny answers to difficult questions.

May 18: Parade, the "first modern ballet," premiered in Paris on this day in 1917. The production was a collaboration of some of modernism's most famous -- music by Erik Satie, scenario by Jean Cocteau, costumes by Picasso,…

Ethan Rutherford and Matt Burgess (Dogfight: A Love Story) on the writing of Rutherford's surreal and fiercely funny story collection The Peripatetic Coffin

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