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...poems that she pores over and medical reports that she struggles to translate into lay terms. By compelling the reader to struggle with her to interpret “left tentorial subdural hematomas,” and dive with her into memories of family dinners, Didion simultaneously gives insight into her personal moments and provides situations to which the reader can relate. We may not have been there on her trip with Dunne to Hawaii, but everyone has memories of family vacations. Everyone has stories of childhood emergency room visits. Everyone has experienced a love and a loss; Didion articulates...
...third game before the Quakers put the match away in the fourth, winning 3-1 (30-20, 18-30, 30-28, 30-19) Friday night at The Palestra in Philadelphia, Pa. It was the second loss in a row for the Crimson, but the match did provide insight into what the team needs to work on if it wants to be successful for the remainder of the season. “We played well and together as a team, but where we have trouble is in pressure situations, mainly in keeping our composure and confidence,” Blotky said...
...learn that the uncertainty of their careers initially makes them desire each other’s support, yet Jamie’s subsequent greater success eventually helps to force them apart. But the syrupy songs, which are more sentimental than soulful, don’t give us more insight. Yet the actors in this production portray the characters skillfully, and the imaginative use of the Ex’s space helps to tie the show together. Both Brener and Shanahan are capable singers with strong energetic stage presence. Shanahan seems truly lovelorn, showing sharp but plausible shifts between wistfulness, anger...
...Marsalis' essay struck a chord; in addition to his musical talents, he has amazing insight. Perhaps musicians share an understanding that easily transcends racial and class lines. Musicians seem to embrace the soul in one another, the soul of life. They appreciate something that treats race, gender and religion as being as incidental as the clothes we wear. Marsalis is right on the mark. Perhaps if enough people speak out, as he has, they might pierce the tone-deaf arrogance of the powerful. Peter Piaskoski Milwaukee...
Marsalis' essay struck a chord; in addition to his musical talents, he has amazing insight. Maybe musicians share an understanding that easily transcends racial and class lines. Musicians seem to embrace the soul in one another, the soul of life. They appreciate something that treats race, gender and religion as being as incidental as the clothes we wear. Marsalis is right on the mark. Perhaps if enough people speak out, as he has, they will pierce the tone-deaf arrogance of the powerful. Peter Piaskoski Milwaukee, Wisconsin...