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...detailed his resistance to his mother’s attempts to bind him to his culture by reading letters received from relatives left behind. “What did I do? I skimmed. I skipped. I shrugged,” read Lam, drawing laughter from the audience. The theme of angst also pervaded Lan Tran’s reading, a performed monologue of runaway-cum-pickpocket Violet from Tran’s solo show “Elevator/Sex,” which premiered off-Broadway last May and foregrounds the similarities between the experiences of 9/11 survivors and victims...
...This is Bright Eyes at some of its best: youthfully articulate, refreshingly sentimental. It’s during these moments, within the mostly disjointed and angst-ridden “Cassadaga,” that flashes of simple honesty become insights into the album’s main theme: Oberst’s personal longing for love in a world of uncertainty and pain. In the song “Make a Plan to Love Me,” he sings, “Life is too short / To be a fool / I don’t owe you that...
...corpse miner" in Dresden after the Allies bombed the city in 1945--a book he said took 25 years to complete. At times dismissed as too accessible, Vonnegut once said his goal was to "poison [readers'] minds with humanity." Through his protagonist Eliot Rosewater, he famously echoed the dominant theme of his personal and professional life: "Goddamn it," says the wealthy but disillusioned philanthropist. "You've got to be kind...
...fact, the opening guitar strumming of “I-95” positively channels the Beatles’ “Across the Universe,” while the quiet and sweet “Michael and Heather at the Baggage Claim” is a perfect little theme for lovebirds on the go. All in all, “Traffic and Weather” is more than a solid effort. Granted, its thematic ideas border on gimmicky at times, but the work as a whole manages to never cross the line between poignancy and schmaltz. Perhaps the strongest...
...welcome change from Harvard’s myriad of formidable journals. “Tis the Season for Steamy Sex,” the cover declared in sans serif font—a promise of deliciously apolitical content within. But Sebastian soon learned that a fresh and original theme could only take a new publication...