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...Ethan Canin. While other writers chronicle that battle, as well as the myriad conflicts that ignite female relationships, Canin stalks the less traveled turf -- at home, at work and at play -- where men wage undeclared hostilities against one another. In The Palace Thief (Random House; 205 pages; $21), a superb collection of four novellas, as in his acclaimed earlier fiction (Emperor of the Air, Blue River), Canin also reminds us of a more interior battle: the struggle among men to discover who they really...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: The Undeclared Wars of Men | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Thus, in keeping with this tradition of exploration, the company's superb production of La Traviata reaffirms the reasons for the work's immense popularity, as well as reminding audiences of today that there is as much enjoyment to be had in reviving the greats of yesterday as in testing those of tomorrow...

Author: By Jefferson Packer, | Title: Magnum Opera Stops the Show | 3/17/1994 | See Source »

...superb teacher and anything heteaches is a major contribution to our courseofferings," Pharr said...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Nye Setting Agenda for Return to Harvard | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...only imagine that this time inWashington will give [Nye's] lectures even morepunch and vividness," Pharr said. "But he'salready a superb teacher...

Author: By Tara H. Arden-smith, | Title: Nye Setting Agenda for Return to Harvard | 3/15/1994 | See Source »

...leading his intent-on-stardom band the Cakekitchen; Peter remains in New Zealand (though he toured the US last year), producing records and playing piano and drums and singing on his own releases, which continue the TKP sound more effectively (Any record Peter plays on is good.) Besides being superb minimalist musicians, and haunting lyricists, and (both) capable of acoustic solo outings so emotionally honest that your ears may burn, the Jefferies brothers were also able to fly off no noisy "experimental" larks. It's a measure of how intense the rest of the record seems that the noisy weird...

Author: By Steve L. Burt, | Title: Two Brothers from the Southern Hemisphere | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

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