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“Redefining Realness”: Janet Mock’s compelling memoir about gender, race, identity

March 5, 2014 By Elyse Vesser

I sat down last weekend, intending to read for 30 minutes or so, and ended up devouring Redefining Realness cover-to-cover in five hours.

“Billy Budd”: sex, revolution and sea in jaw-dropping opera

March 4, 2014 By Ed Rampell

In 1888 Herman Melville began the philosophical novella Billy Budd. Perhaps one could say that composer Benjamin Britten and his librettists E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier "completed" it with their adaptation.

Ideology in crime mysteries: dapper detectives vs. working PIs

February 28, 2014 By Chris George

For many years, detectives came from a variety of occupational backgrounds - but with the large exceptions of industrial workers and farmers - "largely because these people do not have the leisure time to be detectives."

Oscar and Progies: view of movies from left side of the aisle

February 25, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Join People's World film critic Bill Meyer tonight via Google+ for a conversation on movies and social change.

Join us Tuesday for an Oscar Night with People’s World

February 21, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Join us for a conversation on Hollywood, the Oscars, and alternative voices in film on Tuesday, Feb. 25. We will be having a discussion with film critic Bill Meyer and others.