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Most of this breathtaking scenery is not gratuitous, for it adds to the image of the Grey Fox as a lone renegade who is at home amidst the elements. The film's flaw is its reliance on the scenery as a substitute for a full plot. At the end of the film, we are left, consequently, feeling unsatisfied, though somehow aesthetically and spiritually elevated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From Oregon to Manhattan to Eraserheads If You're Staying In This Weekend | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

...fair, there are many gems of wisdom amidst the rubble. Novelist McDermott speaks poignantly of the expectations of women writers who are also mothers, and writer Marge Piercy speaks of the writer's responsibilities to public life. Satirist Alison Lurie has an intelligent and balanced view of the price of feminist separatism, and novelist Anne Lamott draws surprising connections between women's literature and culture and therapy. And nanogenarian poet Janet Lewis has fabulous insights into women's history. As she says, "the funny thing about women is that there have always been startling and tremendous women all along, regardless...

Author: By Kelly A. E. mason, | Title: Luminaries of Modern American Literature Give Women a Cultural Voice | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

...book does not even fulfill the reader's appetite for lurid details since each woman's tale of woe is told in the third person by Chellis' squeaky clean narration. As a result, the portrayals are bland and devoid of detail. Each woman's personal voice is lost amidst Chellis' smug and patronizing commentary...

Author: By Ronnetta L. Fagan, | Title: One Woman Seizes Control of Life | 3/5/1992 | See Source »

...have to tell me what it says. I'm keeping track." The project made the evening of January 28 into an absurd event: as George Bush gave his State of the Union address, a dozen of us sat in my room, eating hearts I took note of the sayings. Amidst bursts of congressional applause, my blockmates would turn to me and murmur in low, sultry voices, LET'S ROCK...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Cryptic Love Candies | 2/14/1992 | See Source »

...Amidst the disarray, there have been several bright points for the Crimson...

Author: By John B. Trainer, | Title: M. Cagers Suffering From Dejection, Not Frustration | 12/6/1991 | See Source »

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