Word: reader
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reading The Thirsty Muse, the reader never doubts that the writers became powerless in the face of alcohol. Dardis writes that only O'Neill escaped its trap. But O'Neill merely traded addictions--he died a drug addict. Dardis does not even begin to explain what caused the author to fall prey to another addiction...
There is a time in every young reader's life when the works of D.H. Lawrence strike with the force of revelation. His novels can leave you transformed (at least temporarily) by his visionary social criticism and his earnest reflections on the endless struggle for a transfiguring sexuality. Ken Russell's adaptation of The Rainbow is faithful not only to Lawrence's spirit but also to the naive idealism he was (one hopes still is) capable of animating in eager, youthful hearts...
...team's star power forward has been passed through his courses for nearly four years despite the fact that he can't read. Spenser is shocked -- he believes in truth, honor and grade-point averages -- and he sets out to discover which lizards, tenured and not, are responsible. The reader puts up his feet and gets comfortable. That's a bad sign. Too much comfort, too little doubt. In the early Spenser books, everyone was edgy. Now hero, victim and villains fit their roles a trifle too cozily. Is it time for Spenser to retire and teach poetry at Taft...
MAYBE this book is no Color Purple. It should still be possible to appreciate it for what it is, and at times it is a good story, an entertaining read. It is certainly no worse than many pop novels, and Walker has not lost her power to keep the reader interested...
...marketplace being a multilayered and ever more convoluted place, there are newsletters that devote themselves solely to scrutinizing other newsletters' performances. Stan Weinstein, who edits the Professional Tape Reader, is still bleeding from one such analysis, in which the writer likened his record to that of the Suzuki Samurai. "Stan's not always right," he tells his audience. "I'm not saying, 'Follow me across the river, this is Moses.' " He just wants them to think with him. What he thinks about are the elaborate, hand-drawn charts that fill his filing cabinets and cover every wall of his office...