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...theme, no characterization, so that the reader is deprived of the interest which comes when a book is creatively unified. Writing in The New Yorker pampers the trite, and even a writer as versatile as Updike often caters to a readership which can interest itself in such a well-written frivolity as "Coffee-Table Books for High Coffee-Tables." Picked-Up Pieces is good bedside reading, and if it can make you laugh, it can also have the very practical effect of putting you asleep...

Author: By Christopher Agee, | Title: Views, Reviews and Ruminations | 3/3/1976 | See Source »

...your otherwise well-written article on Mr. Boris Aronson [Jan. 26] this distinguished scenographer is given credit for designing South Pacific. It was designed by the undersigned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forum, Feb. 23, 1976 | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

...educational, and obviously has no worries about their potential for stunting the intellectual growth of young minds. Behind this view is a genuine belief in the validity of comic books as an art form. He regards Marvel Comics as the highest expression of the genre. "Our stories are very well-written for comics," he contends. "They're much better written than people would expect, which is why they like them when they see them. They're beautifully illustrated. It shouldn't be necessary to ask 'why do people read them?' any more than it's necessary to ask Kurt Vonnegut...

Author: By Steve Chapman, | Title: Who is the Newest, Most Breath-Taking, Most Sensational Super-Hero of All...? | 12/3/1975 | See Source »

...open policy whereby it will collaborate with the applicants to establish the criteria for deciding which shows will be produced. And although HDC policy for the upcoming year has therefore not yet been determined. Tom Wright 75, HDC president, said last week that he senses that a well-written original work with a solid concept of production "would be gobbled up" by the board. Also, plans are being made for regular public readings of original plays to be held at the Ex and elsewhere, beginning this weekend...

Author: By Janny P. Scott, | Title: Getting the Ear of the Loeb | 2/27/1975 | See Source »

...genocide than that of Krupp. Since 1860 what is called "Krupp's killing machine" has provided and directed the use of weapons of war. To list the atrocities of the "Cannon Kings" requires volumes rather than pages. William Manchester's "The Arms of Krupp" is a gripping and well-written effort in this direction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIRTY MONEY? | 7/23/1974 | See Source »

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