Jonathan Rosen in conversation with A.R. Hoffman, April 18, 2023, at New York. Filmed by Derlis Chavarria Joining The New York Sun to reflect on the book, Mr. Rosen recalled knowing its protagonist, ...

The “lurid metaphors” are those that get in the way of our understanding, on a society-wide level, that a disease is a biological phenomenon rather than a story we tell about that phenomenon.

To that end, this portrait of a fractured family serves as an apt metaphor for a fractured nation whose dysfunction — xenophobia, grievance, patriarchy, radicalism — is mirrored in the play by ...