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...other modern American classics. There was some calculation there. When he started writing poetry, Wilson immersed himself in poets like Wallace Stevens, Robert Lowell and Dylan Thomas--and "as a result, it took me from 1965 to 1973 to find my own voice." In his plays, by contrast, "I was free to find my own way." Says Marion McClinton, who has directed several of Wilson's plays, including Jitney and King Hedley II: "He pulled his whole artistic style and breath and soul from who [black people] were. He wasn't writing to get validation from the dominant cultural forces...
...father before his death; and in the room just below Plumb’s lives Maggie, the typical sweet elderly widow. Drake, the requisite horny older man, lives nearby, while Claire the pragmatic nurse busies herself about the entire hospital in a straight-talking manner that forms a perfect contrast to Duncan’s constant upbeat attitude. Everything seems to be going fine (or as well as it can be) until suddenly, at the climax of the sponge bath song, Plumb drops dead on the floor. Duncan, who finds him, is more puzzled than remorseful: how will he tell...
...deft as his musical performances. Biograph contains 53 songs, some of them standards like Mr. Tambourine Man and Lay Lady Lay, others more recent material like Every Grain of Sand and a relatively obscure scorcher, Groom's Still Waiting at the Altar. The songs are arranged by contrast and casual association, not chronologically, and the ordering, even when playful (as in following Tangled Up in Blue with It's All Over Now, Baby Blue), gives even the most familiar tunes a fresh resonance. In many cases, too, the music is stronger, bolder than on the originals, since Compilers Bruce Dickinson...
...what may be the best full-color reproduction in the country. The Register has also beaten back a determined raid into its area by the wealthier Times, which has vied to boost the readership of its Orange County edition (weekday circ. 164,000) with little success. The Register, by contrast, has upped its circulation since 1979 by 36%, to 274,000. The competition grew keener last spring, when the Register won a Pulitzer for its photographic coverage of the Los Angeles Olympics. "We're certainly feeling their heat," admits Los Angeles Times Publisher Tom Johnson. For Edgar Trotter, chairman...
America was the first country to properly announce its intention and actually separate church and state. It takes this separation seriously, keeping prayer out of schools with near-religious fervor. This is in stark contrast to my South African public school, where I had been led in prayer often enough. Despite the religious diversity, I nevertheless would have preferred a school where I didn’t have to pray to whichever...