This (January 29) should have been called the "trapped woman" issue. On page 25 starts 25 pages of articles and fiction about trapped women. From reading the profile of Sophia Coppola, it seems clear that many of her films are influenced by the predicament of her mother, Eleanor, who is a creative woman trapped in the role of helping her super-famous and prolific husband. Then we have "Cave Woman", the tale of a Spanish woman who likes solitude so much that she voluntarily spent 500 days in a cave. I skipped over it at first, thinking "how can that be interesting?" but when I finally read it, it was engrossing. "Poor Houdini" by Anne Carson winds up the series. In case we haven't gotten the point yet, the illustration for the fiction piece shows a crow on a padlock. It must be somewhat autobiographical, because the protagonist is always thinking about words that rhyme with whatever was just said so she can create a sonnet. The story is full of similies and metaphors which seem outlandish at first until you think about them and then they ring true. For example, "The day is large and sharp, like the edges of tin cans."
