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Saturday, May 17, 2008

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Today’s Feature: “Ladies First” by Eric Feezell
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The Artist at Home

Alla Bayanova on the Arbat

Wandering along the Arbat in Moscow, ELIZABETH KIEM finds the residence of a Russian singer who spent a year in a concentration camp during World War II, and who claims never to have known her true home. (The Artist at Home | March 11, 2008)

William Weaver at Annandale-on-Hudson

After a life spent telling stories in two different tongues, the American translator of Umberto Eco and Italo Calvino is struggling with his own. ELIZABETH KIEM recalls a mystifying interview, in which the source became the subject and the questions went unanswered. (The Artist at Home | January 29, 2008)

Essad Bey at Positano

Lev Nussimbaum spent the second half of his life as a refashioned Muslim prince—before meeting an early end in Italy. In Positano, ELIZABETH KIEM visits an artist at rest. (The Artist at Home | July 18, 2007)

J.P. Donleavy at Levington Park

Home is where writers often retreat to focus on work, not receive visitors. Pushing aside the barbed wire, ELIZABETH KIEM tracks down the author of The Ginger Man at his Irish estate. Lock your doors, Salinger. (The Artist at Home | May 9, 2007)


TODAY’S FEATURE

Ladies First

Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week ERIC FEEZELL solves the origins of “Mrs.,” and presents a new nomenclature to fill the gender gap, once and for all.

PURE GIBBERISH

My Father Speaks Another Language

Sarah Hepola listens, her mother translates.

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Video Digest

May 16 | The government is watching you right now. Don’t believe it? Meave Gallagher has the video to p…

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