by Emily Herzlin –USA– A few years ago I became obsessed with the 19th century Irish playwright John Millington Synge. He was raised near Dublin, but was drawn to the wild Irish west where the people still spoke Irish. After…
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Girls with Autism Face the Challenges of Womanhood
by Emily Rose Herzlin – USA – Katie’s eyes twinkle mischievously from across the classroom, sparkling from behind her red hair falling over her face. I wave at her, and her gaze never totally meets mine. She raises her hand…
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Mama, Young and Beautiful: Celebrating Another Year of Ferocity
by Emily Rose Herzlin – USA – I’ve never been able to remember my parents’ ages. I wrote my dad a birthday poem one year that began: Dear Dad, don’t be blue, Just because you’re 53 or maybe 52. He…
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, The World
The Youth Vote: The Pulse of Young Women Voters Beats for Obama
by Emily Rose Herzlin – USA – “I’m voting because I care about the future of this country. It’s my right as a U.S. citizen [to vote] and it’d be shameful not to; it’d be like a slight to the…
Consciousness & Environmentalism: New York City Buddhists Go Back to the Sack
by Emily Rose Herzlin – USA – On July 1st, the top post on the ID Project’s Blog proclaimed: No More Plastic Bags Y’all! We are going Back to the Sack! Where’s your plastic bag stash? Everyone has one. It’s…
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To New York’s Theatre Company CollaborationTown, “Life is a Collage”
by Emily Rose Herzlin – USA – “Theatre is ephemeral,” proclaims Geoffrey Decas as he waxes philosophic and waters the plants on his terrace in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Cars whiz by on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway as the smell of marinated…
