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Zuckerman Bound by Philip Roth (1985). Roth's trilogy of novels about the American Jewish writer Nathan Zuckerman seems even more impressive whole than it did in its serial installments. Zuckerman is not Roth, exactly, but neither is he entirely unlike his creator, trapped by work and celebrity. The interplay between these fictional and real beings is unfailingly rich, comic and engaging...
...LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE. Next question: Can a man and a woman be lovers without having sex? In Steven Soderbergh's elegant, poignant, very funny film, the answer matters less than the interplay of four congenially tortured souls...
Belief in the First Amendment does not pre-empt other beliefs, making one a eunuch to the interplay of opinions. It is a distortion to turn "You can express any views" into the proposition "I don't care what views you express." If liberals keep equating equality with approval, they will be repeatedly forced into weak positions...
...ideas and themes that reappear in all of Updike's fiction. Many critics consider his novels, short stories and poetry largely autobiographical, and the way in which he explains the process of composing suggests that perhaps all writing stems from childhood fascinations of the author. Updike presents the interplay between experience and writing almost as an empirical proof, giving example after example and following each...
...Your interplay with bandleader Paul Shaffer has become a major part of the show. Are you good friends...