The following remarks were read at the tribute to Nuala O’Faolain, held June 24, 2008 at the New York Public Library. Click here to read more about the tribute, as well as the remarks of Sheridan Hay. For Nuala, at the New York Public Library By Julie Grau, Editor/Publisher Some time in 1997, Michael Jacobs, [...]

How does a public tribute to an extraordinary friend and international literary figure who died too soon and too quickly avoid a sentimentality that the subject herself would have found wretched? Let me tell you. Have Sheridan Hay and John Low Beer organize and program the thing. Tuesday night’s service for Nuala O’Faolain, who died [...]

by Elizabeth Hemmerdinger | bio Good essays are often about one thing. But sitting in Madison Square Garden the other day, at Jimmy Buffett’s "The Year of Still Here" concert, many things flooded my mind. Yup, I’m still here. So is Jimmy. We're the same age. Don't run to look it up: 62. I’ve got [...]

There is, for sure, a gender difference. The National Council for Research on Women recently gathered scholars, advocates and corporate leaders to present the latest research on Women and Ambition at the headquarters of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which hosted the program. “Some of the thorny questions that need answering are: is it possible for women to ‘have [...]

We've just learned of the death of NBC's Tim Russert. We offer condolences to his family. Much will be written about Russert's stellar career. On women, we would direct our readers to the great blogger Taylor Marsh for a balanced look at Russert's recent work during the presidential campaign. The debate last night was something [...]

By Rev. Cecilia Loving Recently, we discussed the power of renunciation, the power of letting go of whatever is not for our highest good, the power of saying no. This spiritual housecleaning is shown by the story of Noah's ark. While the waters cleansed the earth, the ark only contained what was absolutely essential, only [...]

Editor’s NoteOn May 9, around midnight in a small hospice in Dublin, writer Nuala O’Faolain died after an implausibly, ridiculously, brutally brief illness. The worlds of literature, politics and feminism shook, and a traffic of laments and tributes are gathering still, in newspapers and on radio. Many of us who somehow got enough right in [...]

Unity in November?: Our friend Greta Van Susteren writes: "I hear from Democratic Party leaders as they pass through Fox News Channel that no matter who is the candidate in November (and it does look like it will be Senator Obama), there will be UNITY in the Party come November. I keep wondering, what are [...]