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Clarice Lispector: Four novels form a picture of Brazil novelist
For a handful of people, Clarice Lispector's "A Breath of Life" being published in English for the first time is very good news. Sadly, that handful is fairly small. Lispector, an extraordinarily gifted writer who revolutionized Brazilian letters, was...
Tags: Clarice Lispector, Arts and Culture, Philosophy, Authors, Religion and Belief
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Word power
Earlier this year, when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a 100-book required reading list for his compatriots, it provoked anxiety, rekindling memories of Soviet-era censorship. The furor underscored an important point: that literature plays a...
Tags: Flannery O'Connor, Fine Artists, Emily Dickinson, Joseph Conrad, John Steinbeck
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L.A. fetish film producer convicted of federal obscenity charges
L.A. NOWFive years after he was first indicted and after two prosecutions ended in mistrials, a Los Angeles-based maker and distributor of niche fetish films was convicted Friday of federal obscenity charges. Ira Isaacs, who produced, sold and sometimes acted in.... -
An invisible man, live on stage
Can you do a play about an invisible man? About an African-American whom others simply refuse to see? Ralph Ellison, it seems fair to surmise, thought probably not. Not well, anyway. Not something that would do justice to the moment, shortly after the end...Tags: University of Chicago, World War II (1939-1945), Entertainment, William Faulkner, Arts and Culture
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'Carnage' writer Yasmina Reza discusses her life in the theater
Culture MonsterRoman Polanski's "Carnage" recently opened in New York and Los Angeles. The movie is based on Yasmina Reza's play "God of Carnage." Reza recently sat down to discuss her theater career and the various versions of "God of Carnage" that have been produced... -
'Carnage:' Jodie Foster has no sense of humor [video]
24 FramesOpening Friday, "Carnage," director Roman Polanski's adaptation of Yasmina Reza's stage play "God of Carnage," tells the story of two sets of parents who come together to discuss an altercation involving both of their sons and descend into bitter... -
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Theater review: ‘The Understudy’ from Mad Cow Theatre
Orlando Theater Blog“I’m not bitter,” explains the title character in the comedy “The Understudy.” In fact, he explains it repeatedly, you know, in that way that makes you doubt the truthfulness of that statement. Harry (Josh Geoghagan) has... -
Sapphire talks about the difficult birth of 'The Kid'
Literary editorA vast national audience rooted for Precious, the heroine of the film of that name and of Sapphire's novel "Push," as she learned to read with a dedicated teacher's help. Profoundly abused, obese, barely literate and HIV-infected, Precious set about...Tags: HIV, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Tribune, The Kid (movie), AIDS
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Summer reading: Quirky and unusual
Agonizing Love
The Golden Era of Romance Comics
Michael Barson
Harper Design: $29.99
Forget Spider-Man or the X-Men. Instead, with "Agonizing Love," dip into the adventures of a young lady confronted with the horrible creature known as "Mother's Boy"!...Tags: Genesis (music group), Insomnia, Physical Conditions, Book, French Literature
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On Theater: One-acts take over OCC this weekend
The one-act play is alive and well at Orange Coast College. A dozen of them will be unveiled this weekend only at OCC's Drama Lab Studio Theater. Billed as "original and published one-act plays for mature audiences," the program, which opened Thursday,...Tags: Crimes, George S. Kaufman, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment, Comedy (genre)
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Talbot County treatment of lacrosse players is ridiculous
The unbelievable turn of events pertaining to the Sun's editorial "Zero tolerance? Zero common sense" (May 10) is something so Kafkaesque that one would never believe it could happen in the good old U.S. of A. Franz Kafka's "The Trail" is a chilling...Tags: Lacrosse, Sports
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