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Best of its stories is "The Rain-Crows," by Billy Joyner. Joyner writes with smooth skill and acute perception of the black earth of the South, and the people and their passions which grow in it. His description is simple yet detailed--Joyner writes with care of the smoke rising from the burning brush of a pasture, of a dead crow hanging stiff from the wire of a fence--at the same time, his words move with an easy rhythm that carries along the detail in a nice balance of sound...

Author: By Paul W. Mandel, | Title: ON THE SHELF | 1/25/1951 | See Source »

Take-Off. In Elbowoods, N. Dak., the Fort Berthold Indian Agency's news bulletin reported that George Drags Wolf had changed his name to George Crow Flies High...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 8, 1951 | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

...distracting his students. He goes to the "Blue Angel" cabaret to catch the truants, but instead falls in love with Lola Lola. He marries her and joins the troupe of actors. Soon he is reduced to playing stooge for the magician. In one horrifying scene he is made to crow like a rooster on the stage while he watches his wife flirt with the strong man in the wings. He finally goes mad and, after an attempt to kill Lola Lola, he dies in his old classroom while onstage Lola Lola sings "from head to too I am designed...

Author: By Peter K. Solmssen, | Title: THE MOVIEGOER | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

Season in the Sun, a play by the "New Yorker's" witty drama critic, Wolcott Gibbs, is the outstanding farce of the season. It concerns life on Fire Island and is acted by a fine crow of competent performers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NYC Seethes with Entertainment for Holidays | 12/19/1950 | See Source »

...that the winner was the child of an interracial marriage. Fearing trouble, one of the judges hastily called, "Only one parent on the stage, please!" Otherwise, the discovery made no difference to the judge. Lester got his scholarship, a crown, a big silver cup, and a trip to Jim Crow Miami for the whole family. Said father George Messengill proudly: "The selection of Lester will go a long way to solving the racial problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Grand-Prize Baby | 12/11/1950 | See Source »

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