“The Lottery” is a classic short story because of its power to unsettle us. Too bad readers today are losing their appetite for discomfort.
Tag: Culture (Arts)
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Writers Recall the First Time They Read ‘The Lottery’
Stephen King, David Sedaris, Carmen Maria Machado and others on how Shirley Jackson’s eerie classic first got under their skin.
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A Britney Spears Jukebox Musical Hopes for #SeeBritney Energy
“Once Upon a One More Time” is bringing hits like “Toxic” and “Circus” to Broadway. Will Spears’s fiercely protective base embrace it?
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A Mexico City Design Landmark, Reborn as Something Else
Tucked along a lake in Chapultepec Park, the modernist building is now home to LagoAlgo, a food and art space that defies easy categorization.
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To Truly Understand the Past, Pick Up an Old Magazine
Find a print issue, preferably more than 20 years old, and read it cover to cover. You’ll find the old days stranger than you remember.