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This quiet, quotidian scene occupies roughly the first one-fifth of Don DeLillo's The Body Artist (Scribner; 128 pages; $22) and is followed abruptly by an obituary: Rey Robles, 64, a Spanish-born film director prominent for a time in the late 1970s, has shot and killed himself in the Manhattan apartment of his first wife. After a brief account of Robles' life and career and a reference to his later problems with alcoholism and depression, the article concludes, "He is survived by his third wife, Lauren Hartke, the body artist...
...DeLillo's White Noise will form the basis for lectures during the term...
...fairness, this split between drama and literature is far from absolute. Playwrights as diverse (and widely performed) as Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, and David Mamet are considered great writers in much the same way that Fyodor Dostoevsky, James Joyce, or Don DeLillo are highly regarded. But this doesn't erase the gulf between dramatic literature and other types of literature. Writing a play still seems fundamentally different than writing a novel or a poem for more than the obvious stylistic disparities. I have to believe there's still a lingering senseof this difference between work and play...
...Omega for watch store. Chains with branches in the Square also earned honors, with City Sports taking the prize for athletic clothing and equipment, Crate & Barrel winning for all-purpose home store and Tweeter earning accolades for stereo and video equipment. The American Repertory Theater's production of Don DeLillo's play Valparaiso also earned a prize for best theater production, while the annual Head of the Charles boat races were named the best spectator sport...
...American Repertory Theater's production of Don DeLillo's play Valparaiso also earned a prize for best theater production, while the annual Head of the Charles boat races were named the best spectator sport...