Word: angelized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...order to write you also have to be partly crazy. And later on it occurs to us that we're going to die unless we behave." Realizing that "my streak of self- destructiveness had to end," McGuane quit drinking and poured himself into writing. Two novels -- Nobody's Angel (1982) and Something to Be Desired (1985) -- were followed by To Skin a Cat (1986), a well-received collection of short stories that helped put McGuane back on the literary track...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, Stefano Arata, James Elsis, Kenneth B. Smith (Designers) Production: Paul Dovell (Manager); Carri Marks Layout: John P. Dowd (Traffic); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Eugene Tick, Lisa C. Tremaine, Dennis Wheeler Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...
Some playwrights, like Shel Silverstein in The Devil and Billy Markham, presume that Mr. Scratch has nothing to teach mankind: the sensible response is to spot the fiend's tricks and escape perdition. Other dramatists, like David Mamet in Bobby Gould in Hell, recall that Beelzebub is a fallen angel and reckon he must be something of a moral philosopher. Both authors seem to think nothing could be more instructive than a sojourn in Hades to enhance the remainder of a life back on earth. They give that opportunity not only to the title characters of their...
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White, Barbara Wilhelm (Assistant Directors); Angel Ackemyer, Stefano Arata, James Elsis, Kenneth B. Smith (Designers) Production: Paul Dovell (Manager); Carri Marks Layout: John P. Dowd (Traffic); Joseph Aslaender, David Drapkin, Victoria Nightingale, Leah M. Purcell, Lisa Sampson, Nomi Silverman, Eugene Tick, Lisa C. Tremaine, Dennis Wheeler Maps and Charts: Paul J. Pugliese (Chief); Cynthia Davis, Joe Lertola, E. Noel McCoy, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...
...questions which remain in the minds of the audience constitute the power of the play. Angel City provides food for thought, and Kupferberg's production is worth seeing...