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...Silver’s troubled yet intruiging new novel, “The God of War,” that she takes the greatest risks, stepping back in time and place to a rural Southern California town in 1978 where military planes and water pollution punctuate the arid desert landscape. Tracing a few months in the life of 12-year-old Ares Ramirez, who lives with his mother and his mentally disabled younger brother Malcolm in a trailer home by the sea, the story is one of alienation and self-discovery. Ares’ childhood and family life are unconventional...
...dealing with. At first glance, the YFZ ranch has the look of other compounds built by apocalyptic cults led by charismatic tyrants. But this is a group with a tangled history many generations deep. Renegade sects have kept polygamy alive by settling far from neighbors in places like the desert canyon lands of Utah and Arizona, the villages of northern Mexico and the alpine valleys of western Canada. They have intermarried and interbred to the point that, in the words of author Jon Krakauer, their "relationships are almost impossible to make sense of without a flowchart." One figure in Krakauer...
...sunset flanks the other side of the stage. The British flag, which hangs prominently during the first act, is only held in place by one corner during the second, making it obvious that the political landscape has changed. The costumes are all generally effective and appropriate, ranging from the desert wear of the first act to the bohemian dresses and straw bags of the second. The wig that Kapetanovic wears while in drag could not be worse. It showcases his sideburns, which is intentional but unnecessary, as Kapetanovic, with his masculine facial structure and hairy arms, is quite obviously...
...There was no evidence of illegal activity nor an offense in plain view.' SHERIFF DAVID DORAN, of Schleicher County, Texas, on why authorities waited until April 3 to investigate a polygamist sect's compound in the desert outside Eldorado...
...right back and you’ll hear a tale about 11 people stranded on a desert island, their clashes with the native culture, and their fierce struggles for power. “Castaways,” the freshman musical comedy about the troubles of island life, opens April 18 in the Adams House Pool Theatre. The Roving Reporter got tired of talking to his volleyball, so he decided to go find out what the play’s cast and director were up to.Matthew C. Stone ’11RR: What do you do for the freshman musical...