Word: bookings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...good at visual puns. I guess that's true," says photographer Elliot Erwitt on the opening page of Personal Exposures, and he undoutedly has an eye for humor. But at the same time, Erwitt is a master in capturing the subtle tragedy in everyday life. His book is a comprehensive overview of his development, published to coincide with the world tour of an exhibition of black and white photographs...
Dardis' thesis is a fascinating one, but it is also one that he does not adequately support. The book convincingly details the drinking of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner and O'Neill--there is little doubt in the readers' minds that all the authors are alcoholics...
...fails to draw the connection between alcoholism and the authors' work, beyond pointing to the eventual decline of their writing. Most of the connections he does make are tenuous, and much of the book seems contrived...
...structure of the book, though, is more conducive to biography than to analysis. It is surprisingly lively reading for nonfiction, and Dardis uses primary sources well...
...last time Harvard played, John Harvard was thinking about what he should do with his book collection...