Virginia Woolf

Faithful photographic reproduction of Edvard Munch's painting, "Self-Portrait with Spanish Flu."

Art, poetry and … zombies? The surprising cultural contributions of the 1918 influenza pandemic

May 18, 2020Coronavirus Art

The influence of the 1918 flu pandemic is an undercurrent that runs through many works of the period.

Poet, translator, soldier, spy? Remembering the man who brought Proust to the English world

November 17, 2014Books

Creativity and madness

August 15, 2013Environment

Tonys Preview: Remembering Nora Ephron

August 15, 2013

Tracy Letts: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

August 15, 2013

Remembering Elizabeth Taylor

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Elizabeth Taylor died Wednesday morning at the age of 79. She was rarely able to make constructive use of her great appetite for life– she once said: “Where the heart leads, I follow.”

Windows to the Soul

August 14, 2013Arts, Culture & Media

Science is looking for ways to better understand an autistic person’s perception of the world. Using laser technology, Ami Klin and Warren Jones of the Yale School of Medicine screened “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and tracked the gazes of autistic viewers precisely, to study how they perceive social interactions. Biologist David Gruber visited their […]