NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Can Jude Law's 'Genius' capture the essence of Thomas Wolfe?

  • Written by Mark Canada, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Indiana University Kokomo

For Jude Law, playing the part of early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe is a tall order. Yes, the actor is a half-foot shorter than the literary giant he portrays in the film “Genius,” which tells the story of Wolfe and his contentious, complicated relationship with prominent Scribner’s editor Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth).

But...

Read more: Can Jude Law's 'Genius' capture the essence of Thomas Wolfe?

More Articles ...

  1. Putting CO2 away for good by turning it into stone
  2. Technology is improving – why is rural broadband access still a problem?
  3. How Hillary Clinton's 'smart power' feminism informs her foreign policy
  4. Are some students more at risk of assault on campuses?
  5. Campuses aren't safe. Are universities doing enough?
  6. Are you getting the best health care? Evidence says: maybe not
  7. Trump's 'America First': echoes from 1940s
  8. Clinton seizes on environmental justice but progress requires deep reforms
  9. How Bernie Sanders can still become president
  10. Saturated fats make some cells lose track of time -- and that's bad
  11. Why the Deep Space Atomic Clock is key for future space exploration
  12. Are pop stars destined to die young?
  13. Three female scholars react to Hillary Clinton's historic nomination
  14. How fish and clean water can protect coral reefs from warming oceans
  15. Are we in the midst of a public space crisis?
  16. Using computers to better understand art
  17. We behave a lot more badly than we remember
  18. How the Antiquities Act has expanded the national park system and fueled struggles over land protection
  19. Rules change, new voters mean an unpredictable primary day in California
  20. What are septic shock and sepsis? The facts behind these deadly conditions
  21. Is it time to break with colonial legacy of zoos?
  22. The Puerto Rican primary matters. Here's why
  23. Stories of vaccine-related harms are influential, even when people don't believe them
  24. We’re (not) running out of water -- a better way to measure water scarcity
  25. Obsessed with reality TV? You may be a narcissist
  26. Why young people aren't keeping up: from the Joneses to the Kardashians
  27. Why are public colleges and universities enrolling too many out-of-state students?
  28. Limiting access to payday loans may do more harm than good
  29. Weak jobs report shows we need a president with a plan, but it's too soon to panic
  30. Google wins in court, and so does losing party Oracle
  31. Gorilla’s death calls for human responsibility, not animal personhood
  32. Is OPEC's oil era over?
  33. Moving beyond pro/con debates over genetically engineered crops
  34. Using lasers to make data storage faster than ever
  35. Why music lessons need to keep up with the times
  36. What is chronic pain and why is it hard to treat?
  37. The women who are taking on Wal-Mart
  38. The limits of intellectual reason in our understanding of the natural world
  39. The strongest bones on the planet hold important clues
  40. Beyond Asimov: how to plan for ethical robots
  41. Accurate science or accessible science in the media – why not both?
  42. Why high school stays with us forever
  43. Brazil: no longer the country of the future?
  44. Is the spelling bee success of Indian-Americans a legacy of British colonialism?
  45. Why are fewer people getting married?
  46. What the new overtime rules mean for you and your boss
  47. In America, domestic extremists are a bigger risk than foreign terrorism
  48. Unlocking the secrets of bacterial biofilms – to use against them
  49. Perspectives on antibiotic resistance: how we got here, where we're headed
  50. Explainer: how campus policies limit free speech