The Descent of Man

When he spots a pair of would-be thieves trying to hot-wire his car, mild-mannered wine steward Jim Sandusky gives in to impulse and takes off in -- and wrecks -- the thieves' van. But a moment's defiance sets off a chain of deadly consequences in Kevin Desinger's work of suspense.

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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