Haiku to Measure Time
Sarah Ruhl’s new book Love Poems in Quarantine documents the mundanity and weight of the first few months of the pandemic.
Sarah Ruhl
Sarah Ruhl is a playwright, essayist, and poet. Her fifteen plays include Eurydice; The Clean House; and In the Next Room, or the vibrator play. She has been a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, a Tony Award nominee, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. Her book 100 Essays I Don’t Have Time to Write was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. An opera version of Eurydice was presented by LA Opera last year and opens at the Metropolitan Opera on November 23.
Polish the stone or the mind
A poem from Sarah Ruhl's Love Poems in Quarantine
Personal Reflections Compassion
How Imperfection—and Attention to It—Invites Care
In a recent episode of Tricycle Talks, playwright Sarah Ruhl shares her journey to acceptance and self-compassion following her diagnosis with Bell’s palsy.
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I Can Only Imagine
Adapted from Smile: The Story of a Face
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Facing The Four Noble Truths
How Tibetan Buddhism helped the playwright cope with Bell’s palsy and the coronavirus pandemic
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