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Topic: The Scarlet Letter

1998 Sandra Bullock and Nichole Kidman stars in the new movie "Practical Magic." (Getty Images/Warner Bros./Hulton Archive)

Alice Hoffman is always seeking magic

Alison Stine
(HBO)

"She outlives the shame"

Kate Tuttle
(AP/Mark Foley)

Jeb’s culture war fever dreams

Joan Walsh