Word: edson
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Heroes walk alone, but they become myths when they ennoble the lives and touch the hearts of all of us. For those who love soccer, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, generally known as Pele, is a hero...
...MARGARET EDSON seems less concerned with being the next Eugene O'Neill than making sure a group of five-year-olds has a tidy work space. On learning that she had won the Pulitzer Prize for her play, Wit, the Atlanta kindergarten teacher's immediate response was to keep cleaning her classroom. Edson wrote Wit in 1991, when she was working at a bicycle shop. The unsentimental story of a woman dying of ovarian cancer wended its way through various regional theaters before ending up off-Broadway six months ago. Edson, 37, says she has no firm plans to write...
...Novel: Michael Cunningham's "The Hours." Drama: "Wit," by kindergarten teacher Margaret Edson Poetry: "Blizzard of One," by former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand History: "Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898," by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace (no relation) Biography: "Lindbergh," by A. Scott Berg General Nonfiction: "Annals of the Former World," by John McPhee Music: "Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion," by Melinda Wagner...
...woman dying of ovarian cancer spends her last hours telling us about her life. The subject is familiar, but one cannot remain unmoved by Margaret Edson's well-crafted play and the toughness of Kathleen Chalfant's starring performance...