Curtis Fox

Will Plath’s poetry ever emerge from the shadow of her untimely death?

A landmark in American poetry, Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” shocked readers when it came out in 1915 by tackling subjects like suicide and sex.

A landmark in American poetry, Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” shocked readers when it came out in 1915 by tackling subjects like suicide and sex.

Persian classical music goes back more than 2,000 years, predating Islam. Maybe that’s why it has had such a rocky relationship with the dominant religion over the years. Curtis Fox traces the renaissance of Persian classical music back to the Revolution of 1979, when nobody ...

If you haven’t played a video game since Ms. Pac-Man, you probably have some catching up to do. Kurt has this quick guided tour of the state of the art. Produced by Curtis Fox.

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If you haven't played a videogame since Ms. Pac-Man, you probably have some catching up to do. Kurt makes it easy with a quick guided tour of the state of the art. Produced by Curtis Fox.

Sigmund Freud saw most of his patients -- famous case studies like "the Wolf Man" and Anna O -- in the study of his Vienna home. Spencer Finch, a painter, was so inspired by Freud that he spent a day in the Freud House depicting the view from ...

Christmas has its predictable signs: holiday music pumping through pharmacy loud-speakers, laser light shows on the neighbor's lawn, and the annual production of The Nutcracker. But how did a classical ballet from czarist Russia, based on a German horror story, become an American Christmas tradition? Curtis Fox asked dance scholar ...

A lot of theories about Oz have sprung up over the years. Almost all are interesting even when they aren't so convincing. Curtis Fox helps us make our way through the dark forest of interpretations.

Sigmund Freud saw most of his patients — famous case studies like "the Wolf Man" and Anna O — in the study of his Vienna home. Spencer Finch, a painter, was so inspired by Freud that he spent a day in the Freud House depicting the ...

In the 1970s George Lucas and Steven Spielberg invented a modern Hollywood hybrid — the high-end Saturday children's matinee for grownups. In the decades since, the kids' movie for adults has transformed entertainment. We asked Curtis Fox to figure out why.

What was special about the young people who came of age in the 90s? The label Generation X, from the Douglas Coupland novel, has stuck to this group. They were called an unwelcome, unwanted generation, and pilloried by their elders. And there was always a subset of youngsters who ...

Persian classical music goes back more than two thousand years, predating Islam. Maybe that's why the tradition has had such a rocky relationship with the dominant religion over the years. Curtis Fox traces the renaissance of Persian classical music back to the Revolution of 1979, when nobody knew at first ...

If you haven’t played a videogame since Ms. Pac-Man, you probably have some catching up to do. We’re going to make it easy. Curtis Fox produced a quick guided tour of the state of the art.

There are many predictable signs of Christmas other than snow: holiday music pumps through pharmacy loud-speakers, colorful lights adorn your neighbor's house and ballet companies mount their annual production of the Nutcracker. But how did a classical ballet from Tzarist Russia become an American Christmas tradition? Dance scholar Jennifer ...

Silver Lining
Week of Friday, January 17 2003


We look for, and find, the silver lining: in the weekly routine of a woman who shuttles puppies to and from a medium-security men's prison in upstate New York; in the rainy day tunes of American ...

It's all about pizza. And cats. And dogs. Really.


What's the Next Big Thing?

Host Dean Olsher heads to Bedford Stuyvesant, locale of Sal's Pizza in Spike Lee's movie "Do the Right Thing," to ask the question, "What's the next big ...

Jazz in church, paintings after prison, an electronic soundscape in an old synagogue... we've got all kinds of art happening in all kinds of places. Plus, how to change a man who's committed crimes against humanity — by giving him books. And once again, we hand over the controls for ...

Sure, it's important to give thanks. But sometimes, don't you just want to complain a little? This week, we contemplate some of the less pleasurable aspects of life, from getting the flu to finding rats in your apartment. But don't despair; we've also got advice from a life coach, in ...

Host Dean Olsher posits the theory that three disparate realms — the romantic, the literary, and the transit — have a remarkable tendency to collide. As evidence, he offers: an interview with romance novelist Eloisa James, a short story by Mark Strand, and the voices of New York City straphangers. ...