News in Brief The Six Core Emotional Arcs That Underlie Our Favorite Fiction A big-data analysis suggests even complex tales rest on a few fundamental emotional storylines. By Tom Jacobs Actor… Pacific Standard Staff
Social Justice Why ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ Would Be the Movie of Our Time With rumors of a Guillermo del Toro-directed film adaptation swirling, today seems like the perfect time to revisit Kurt Vonnegut's famous novel. Sarah Sloat