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Journalist and author
The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 28
The sound of silence
Ah, Thanksgiving traditions: Turkey , mashed potatoes , pumpkin pie —and brutal political arguments among loved ones! With this year’s...
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Deborah Yaffe
Nov 25
Words with Jane
My name is Deborah, and I am a puzzle addict. My morning begins with a brisk jaunt through a trio of New York Times offerings— Wordle ,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 17
Desk set
The celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth won’t officially kick off until next year, but that isn’t stopping the...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 15
Taking liberties
In 2021, London theatergoers got a Pride and Prejudice with interpolated pop songs and an all-female cast. In 2022, they got a...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 18
Noted
When my children were in grade school, their English teachers often required them to annotate their reading: For each chapter, students...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 12, 2023
Bowled over
In the early days of our romance, my now-husband, a Brit with a deep fondness for the sports of his island home, tried valiantly to...
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Deborah Yaffe
Aug 24, 2023
Sourcing and citation
Earlier this month, a man from the Maryland suburbs sent a letter to the Washington Post. “When I was reading Colbert I. King’s July 29...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jul 3, 2023
Represent
Representation is a hot topic in literary circles these days, as publishers reckon (late, slowly, and imperfectly) with their long...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 16, 2023
Speaking well enough to be unintelligible
A few weeks ago, the British press was suddenly awash in articles (for example, here, here and here) about the new! exciting! previously...
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Deborah Yaffe
Feb 13, 2023
Triggered
In my junior year of college, the assigned reading for my women’s studies class included Gloria Naylor’s 1982 novel The Women of Brewster...
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Deborah Yaffe
Jan 12, 2023
Alumni reunions
Over the holidays, my family settled in for a screening of that sublime romcom Notting Hill. When the movie ended (“I’m just a girl,...
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Deborah Yaffe
Oct 31, 2022
Scary monsters
Happy Halloween, Janeites! Although Austen wrote no scenes of trick-or-treating, pumpkin-carving, or gorging on candy corn, she certainly...
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