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...action takes place in Montaillou, a tiny mountain village that is falling under the influence of saintly wanderers known as Good Men who preach that the world was created by the devil and should be despised. The narrative, which is based on historical sources, unfolds from several points of view: those of an alcoholic widow, a lustful village priest, a cobbler struggling with his homosexuality, a conflicted Inquisitor. Craig has the gift of finding complexity in simple people, and she tells their stories in fluid, shapely prose that blends mysteries both religious and erotic with the scratchy, stinky realities...
...before he became an Anglican at age 20. Not that the Papist allegations bothered too many. Times have changed since Henry VIII severed ties with Rome in 1534. The Queen this month overturned five centuries of history by inviting Britain's Catholic leader, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, to preach at Sandringham's parish church on the royal estate, and Prime Minister Tony Blair often accompanies his Catholic wife Cherie to Mass...
...hopeless.” The situation with the professors of the Afro-American studies department can still be rectified. Ours is a community that prides itself on its “liberal” views and multiple avenues for dialogue. Let us practice what we preach. We entreat both parties to continue working to close what is now known simply as “the rift...
...guy’s a real schmucko...[Oh, okay.] Don’t feel bad. [Okay.] Sometimes you just have to get that out of your system. [True that.] You’ll never want for lovers. [Amen!] Homeostasis for you will always involve a lover. [Preach on!] The second brush with fame happens to you in Asia. [Gasp! The Luce!] Two of these cards require moving or travel. [Or maybe the Sheldon, Shaw or Trustman!] You will find fame while living on foreign soil. [Here’s to hoping.] You’re also going to have...
Alhauser’s site-specific food sculptures are meant to entice and amuse rather than preach. The experience should be a pleasurable and almost hedonistic one. Alhauser uses food as a means of eliciting a playful and childlike response from the viewer. Food is a tool that can be used to enlighten and invigorate a sometimes pedantic art world. Joseph Beuys, one of the most influential artists of the last 50 years, shares Alhauser’s belief that food is healing. Society, which he thinks has become sick and corrupt, can only be reformed through individual creativity...