Author Archives: By SARAH KERSHAW

The Role of Their Dreams

Kim Gillingham, left, leads students through a dream exercise.In the last decade, dream work has spread into actors studios and classrooms across the country, taking its place among the ever expanding techniques of actor training.

Coffee, Tea, Lawn Ghoul?

Christine A. Aguilera of SkyMall says buyers are looking for laughs.Amid a recession, the SkyMall catalogue still satisfies kitschy needs, and practical ones.

Mr. Moms (by Way of Fortune 500)

Jerry Levy, left, with Andrew Emery, are jobless but have new duties, like school pickups.Highly successful men adapt to being out of work, often tackling matters with a bluntness honed in the financial industry.

My Sister’s Keeper

Residents of Alapine, a lesbian community in Alabama, gathered at the home of Ellen Taylor, 75, right, for a potluck dinner, including Emily Greene, 62, left, and Jean Adele, 72, center.Lesbians from the early era of communes and feminism try to stay vital to a new generation.

Talk About Race? Relax, It’s O.K.

Barack Obama has become an ice breaker when it comes to discussing racial politics.

Family and Office Roles Mix

Your role in the office — the gossip, the dude, or the rebel — may be linked to your position in the home.

Sharing Their Demons on the Web

Some psychologists and psychiatrists are concerned about Internet peer support crossing over into delusions.

Move Over, My Pretty, Ugly Is Here

The repulsive and the simply unattractive are getting a philosophical and political makeover.