Parnia Abbasi, 23, was described by friends as funny and full of life. She and her family were among the first people killed in Israel’s attack on Iran.

What makes things interesting to the reader? It depends on the quality of writing and perception—which, I suppose, is what people say when they’re banging on about Proust!” ...

Ode to My Mother By Luisa Matarazzo I want to go back to 1947. Tell my mother, It’s OK, she was too tired with seven kids to never have sung me a lullaby, Never went to a PTA meeting. Never signed my ...