Since the appearance in 1979 of her highly acclaimed collection of short stories, Vanishing Animals, Mary Morris -- not to be confused with Mary McGarry Morris, of Oprah fame -- has written consistently rich and compelling books, both fiction and non. In her new...

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For nearly a month after she was stabbed to death, Linda Damm's body lay in the trunk of her car inside her garage while her 15-year-old daughter and friends used her debit card to "do teenage stuff," police say.Three teens tried but failed to get...

Pheasant hunting season brings out the best in Tess, a 5-year-old German wirehaired pointer who became a national champion despite the loss of one leg. "When you let her out of the truck, she's hunting from the second she jumps off that tailgate. Just like...

In the following essay, Fierz argues that Tess, Polanski's cinematic adaptation of the Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles, is based on a misreading of Tess's character and a failure to understand the influences that shaped her character.

In the following essay, Burrill—one of the producers on Polanski's Tess—describes the process of bringing the film through production to release.