Expanding the Field of Dance History Margaret M. McGowan Dies

Margaret M. McGowan, British cultural historian who created a new field of international academic study, now known as early dance, and won national awards in both England and France, died on 16 March in Brighton, England. She was 90 years old. Her death in a hospital was confirmed by her husband, Sydney Anglo, a Renaissance …

Some of the Dangers of Trade, in Margaret Atwood’s Essays and Speeches

He engages in culture wars defending a professor accused of sexual harassment and fired, but an investigation clears him. “Why were accountability and transparency framed as against women’s rights?” she asks. There is also a talk about teaching writing with the help of Tarot cards. Some of the most catchy things in “Burning Questions” are …