Adam Langer is the Forward’s executive editor. Born and raised in Chicago, he is the author of the novels Crossing California, The Washington Story, Ellington Boulevard, The Thieves of Manhattan, The Salinger Contract and Cyclorama, as well as the memoir My Father’s Bonus March.
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Culture New York Times Publishes Most Hilarious Leonard Cohen Correction Ever
While we still mourn the recent death of Leonard Cohen, we can’t help but think that even Mr. Cohen himself would be amused by the correction the Times ran with its November 14 op-ed. We’ll just let this speak for itself: “An Op-Ed article on Monday about the death of Leonard Cohen rendered Mr. Cohen’s…
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Culture A Psychedelic Pippi Longstocking Creates Art So Beautiful It Hurts
Sometimes, going to see an art exhibit can feel like a religious experience; other times, that feeling comes only after you get a chance to leave. This came to mind the other day, after I attended the opening of the Pipilotti Rist retrospective at the New Museum, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. If…
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Film & TV Have Mediocre Movies Like ‘American Pastoral’ Hurt Philip Roth’s Chances For a Nobel Prize?
If there’s one moment that bugs Philip Roth more than any in “American Pastoral,” the new film adaptation of his explosive Pulitzer Prize-winning 1997 novel, I’m guessing it’s this one: During an overwrought scene of domestic conflict between Newark’s one-time golden boy Swede Levov and his bilious, radical teenage daughter Merry, the camera lingers on…
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Culture The Best and Worst Things About Bob Dylan Winning the Nobel Prize
Now that Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize in literature, we find this to be an appropriate time to consider the best and worst aspects of this amazing honor. THE BEST THINGS 1) It expands the definition of what constitutes great literature. 2) It vindicates all of us who suffered through the albums…
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Culture How To Talk To Your Parents About the Trump Video: A Guide For Middle-Schoolers
First, remember that your parents might not want to bring up this subject because they don’t know how much you know. Approach them first. Talk to them when they’re relaxed, maybe after they’ve had a glass of wine or they’re getting ready to send you to bed and Netflix their favorite show. Second: Let them…
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Culture Even 1,000 Years Ago, Jerusalem Was a Hotbed of Creativity and Conflict
Like the Metropolitan Museum itself, the new exhibit “Jerusalem, 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven” is meant to be an oasis of sorts, a respite from whatever struggles and conflicts may be happening outside its doors. Or at least that’s the intention. In presenting 400 years worth of medieval art from Jerusalem, the exhibit’s curators Barbara…
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Culture How ‘Hamilton’ Turned Me Into a Broadway Believer
All pilgrims can recount the story of their journeys to the holy land. For the guy standing behind us in line with his daughter, that story began on a plane in Phoenix, and culminated in their arrival on West 46th Street where they had beaten the bots and won the lottery for $10 front row…
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Culture This Is How You Don’t Write an Obituary For Prince
This is the part where you first read the news. This is the part where you still think it might be a hoax. This is the part where you learn that it isn’t. This is the part where you recall where you first became aware of his music — in a friend’s family home in…
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