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...Other Twain scholars made some intriguing discoveries about the writer's personal affairs. Victor Fischer and Michael Frank of the Mark Twain Project at the University of California, Berkeley, said some soon-to-be published letters show that in 1869, Twain, at 33, had launched a campaign to convince Olivia Langdon, 23, that his wanderlust would cease if she married him. Wrote Twain: "It is my strong conviction that, married to you, I would never desire to roam again while I lived." Despite her reservations, Langdon finally relented. Twain triumphantly wrote to his family, "She said she never could...
Marlon Riggs may be the most notorious unknown filmmaker in America. A lecturer at the University of California's Graduate School of Journalism in Berkeley, he was the producer of Tongues Untied, a film about black homosexuals that aired on pbs last summer and became a cause celebre after being attacked by conservatives for its "offensive" material. The film -- an offbeat, heartfelt mix of documentary, poetry and performance art -- did not deserve the abuse. But the brouhaha may have the unintended benefit of alerting more viewers to Riggs' impressive new offering: Color Adjustment, a provocative look...
...distributors failed to produce enough to go around. Recent quitters, a high-strung group in the best of times, suddenly found themselves in an unnerving game of musical patches. "It's like a suicide hot line with a busy signal," says Jan Westmier, a former self-described chimney from Berkeley who finally got a supply of patches last month. Seattle carpenter Robert Gould just gave up. "I was on a , waiting list for two weeks before my pharmacy could supply me with the patches," he says. "Hell, by then I'd lost my nerve to quit...
Despite the slow reaction time of the East,several '67 alums say that the Ivy Leagues werenot far behind Berkeley in living out thecounterculture...
Robertson remembers encountering and oldboyfriend in Berkeley who was "turning on hissecret society at Yale" and distributing LSD onTelegraph Avenue...