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...Cash’s shy, awkward inner self shine through the blustery tough-guy front he puts up for the public. This is a man who famously sang, “I shot a man in Reno/just to watch him die,” but, faced with June Carter??s wisecracks, turns into a blushing fool. Phoenix is superb at stepping fully into Cash’s shoes, whether stumbling incoherently through conversation at the depths of his amphetamine addiction, or rocking out on stage next to Jerry Lee Lewis (Waylon Payne). Cash’s home life...
...Richard N. Gardner ’48, who served as ambassador to Italy and Spain, discussed his political philosophy and related his experiences in a conversation with University Distinguished Service Professor Joseph S. Nye of the Kennedy School of Government, Gardner made the case for a return to President Carter??s foreign policy approach, which focused on human rights and international cooperation. “I guess I am old-fashioned enough to believe that idealism can be realism, and that soft power can help validate hard power and build support for U.S. leadership and the world...
...Carter??s 2002 memoir, “Nothing To Fall Back On,” rivals Lemony Snicket’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” for Job-esque disasters faced with perseverance worthy of, well, Job, including a traumatic childhood move to Florida, a closeted husband, a house-destroying fire, a folded magazine, and breast cancer. Although she emerged on the other side married to the love of her life, she demonstrated a playful ease with pain that only comes with experience and a damned strong sense of the absurd...
...conversation, Carter??s interest in anecdotes is immediately apparent. She leans in and listens intently and patiently. It isn’t a search for gossip, but for the reality of the raconteur’s life. In return, she’ll tell of her own life, digging into her feelings and her actions and making her listener quickly understand why this or that emotion or incident is worth hearing. It is a personality that shimmers...
...Carter??s impressive résumé proves one thing incontrovertibly: she knows how to tell a story. Carter??s recently published first novel, “The Orange Blossom Special,” continues the streak. It is the story of widow Tessie Lockhart and her 13-year-old daughter Dinah as they move from Carbondale, Illinois, to Gainesville, Florida, in the 1950s. The novel traces their interaction with the Florida town’s residents, particularly the prominent Landy family—with whom the Lockharts quickly become intertwined—and the historical...