Midway through Mike Birbiglia’s latest one-man show, The New One, the ceiling above the stage opens and various baby paraphernalia cascade onto the stage floor. An oversized stuffed bear, a breast ...

Emily Anne Foster
Emily Anne Foster is a PhD student in Columbia University’s Department of English and Comparative Literature. She studies Victorian literature, specifically the 19th-century British novel. She holds an MA in Literature from Columbia University; an MA in Education from Stanford University; and a BA in English Literature, summa cum laude, from Cornell University.