Once upon a time, and at no time in particular, we were all 12 going on 20. Each and every one of us wanted to kiss someone for the very first time. All of us noticed, to our disappointment, that greed and maliciousness exists. We’ve all woken up to a world where the...
The French-derived phrase “roman à clef” refers to a story in which characters, places, and events stand in for specific avatars in the real world. Think of Hamlet's play in, well, Hamlet, where the action not so subtly mimics the actions of his traitorous uncle and...