Marilyn Hacker reads and writes with an ear cocked toward living language. Her diction takes in the raunchy, down-home language of street corners as well as the lyrical richness of a metric line and the punctuated earnestness of a good conversation with...

Marilyn Hacker fits into the contemporary poetry scene because of her unusual critical perspective, which bridges the traditional and the feminist. In a literary era in which women are purportedly confronting the patriarchal tradition and showing how sin...

On a recent afternoon, David Boies, 65, and his son Christopher, 38, pulled up chairs for an interview in the firm’s glossy new Manhattan offices on Lexington Avenue. “DB,” as he is known in the office, was adrift in a baggy navy suit and suede...

LAS VEGAS—Tonight, Hillary Clinton hit back.After weeks of withering attacks by her Democratic rivals, political missteps by her own campaign and a seeming inability to give a straight answer on the hot-button issue of driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants, Ms. Clinton took the platform...

Despite the tough-girl reputation, Ms. McSweeney is laid-back and charming in person. On a recent rainy day in her spacious Tribeca apartment, she watched YouTube videos of the new ABC comedy “Big Shots,” claiming that their slogan “Men are the New Women” was stolen from...

Next time someone wants to dismiss Danica Patrick, or diss her as IRL's pretty face, they'd best do it at arm's length. With one shove last weekend, Patrick let everyone know she's not to be taken lightly _ on or off the track.Good for her....