Were We There to Talk about AIDS, or Not?

One woman’s journey in psychotherapy

This excerpt is part of a longer essay. To read the full essay please click here.  Introduction. In January of 1990 I was shocked when the Korean immigrant and Harvard-educated molecular biologist I had recently begun dating said he had something to tell me: he was HIV-positive. The shock never really subsided, ...
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Were We There to Talk about AIDS, or Not?

The Lady in the Van (2015)

Movie Review

“One seldom was able to do her a good turn without some thoughts of strangulation.” Mary (or is it Margaret?) Shepherd was a pianist. And then she was a nun. And then… well, it’s not clear just what happened next. But by the time we meet her, in Alan Bennett’s ...
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The Lady in the Van (2015)