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On the train down to Washington I read \u201cStage Mothers<\/a>,\u201d Elif Batuman\u2019s article about a women’s theater troupe in rural Turkey, and kept pretending to have a cold so the guy sitting next to me wouldn\u2019t think I was crying over the international issue of The New Yorker<\/em>. Even by Batuman standards, it\u2019s a knockout. If you missed it, go fish it out of the recycling. (Then read her conversation with J. J. Sullivan<\/a> in the current issue of the Review<\/em>.) \u2014Lorin Stein<\/strong><\/p>\n

In her introduction to Monica Dickens\u2019s Mariana<\/em><\/a>, recently rereleased by the unimpeachable Persephone Press, Harriet Lane describes it as a \u201c\u2018hot-water bottle\u2019 novel, one to curl up with on the sofa on a wet Sunday afternoon.\u201d And this story of a young girl growing up in England in the 1930s is certainly comfort-reading at its finest. While dated at points (the moments of casual anti-Semitism are certainly jarring), it\u2019s a fun read, breezy and funny and often touching, with beautifully observed bits of everyday life throughout. Dickens, the great-granddaughter of Charles, was a prolific and popular author; for anyone with multiple winter Sundays to fill, I’d also recommend her 1939 memoir One Pair Of Hands<\/em><\/a>, which details her stint, much to her family\u2019s chagrin, as a cook-general in some of London\u2019s wealthiest households. \u2014Sadie O. Stein<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the holiday break, I had some time to explore my Netflix account and found, to my excitement, a hidden gem entitled Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale<\/em><\/a>. \u201cThis unusual Christmas story is set in the frozen beauty of Finland,\u201d the description reads, \u201cwhere local reindeer herders race to capture an ancient evil: Santa Claus.\u201d What more could you ask for, to prepare yourself for holiday travel and awkward family soirees, than an R-rated horror film that has more in common with Die Hard<\/em> than It\u2019s A Wonderful Life<\/em>? Filled with dry Scandinavian wit and reindeer slaughter, while this isn\u2019t a film for the whole family, it\u2019s one that\u2019ll be playing in the Alvarez household for many Christmases to come. \u2014Justin Alvarez<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a bout of plain old mean-spiritedness, I\u2019ve been relishing the bad reviews of the film Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/em>. Hugo\u2019s book is among my all-time favorites\u2014there\u2019s just something about those sweeping nineteenth-century social novels\u2014so much so that I wanted to change my name to Jean Valjean after reading it (a confession that brought ridicule from my colleagues here; I stand by my dream). The casting of the film is so absurd, as is the excessive emotion. Oh, the drama! Oddly enough, I inadvertently took David Denby\u2019s<\/a> advice to those who liked the film to watch Singin’ in the Rain<\/em> as an example of what good musical theater can be. And he\u2019s right: I loved it. \u2014Nicole Rudick<\/strong><\/p>\n

Holidays are certainly the best time to try out new recipes; most people are pleasantly surprised by an unfamiliar dish amongst the old family standards. My sisters and I have a Twelve Days of Christmas party each December and always aim to have a few things on the buffet that weren\u2019t there the year before. This time around, my older sister’s wassail<\/a> was the hit of the night, not in the least because it comes with a great history that necessarily involves the host singing one (or more) of the many carols about drink. Seeing as it’s Christmas until Sunday, I’m planning on enjoying another batch of wassail before the season ends. \u2014Clare Fentress<\/strong><\/p>\n

Perhaps few will share my excitement about the following: there is an audiobook of The Golden Bough<\/em>, and it is free, and you can download it here<\/a>. \u2014S.O.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the train down to Washington I read \u201cStage Mothers,\u201d Elif Batuman\u2019s article about a women’s theater troupe in rural Turkey, and kept pretending to have a cold so the guy sitting next to me wouldn\u2019t think I was crying over the international issue of The New Yorker. Even by Batuman standards, it\u2019s a knockout. 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