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...said that as Italy has adjusted to its changing demographics. the immigrants' presence has become increasingly evident--especially in literature--as they gain a voice in society. Many of these immigrants have written fictional stories about the real difficulties of immigrants, she said...
DiMaio discussed a book called Princesa written by Fernanda Farias de Albuquerque and Mariozio Janelli about a Brazilian transvestite who was an immigrant prostitute in Italy...
...says, the fact that the DOE hasn't yet written the regulations detailing the new system of reporting crime statistics is hampering her efforts...
Book and magazine publishers often follow a hypocritical convention of burying the scoop deep in the text--to signal that they're not really about anything so vulgar and transitory as news. Then they launch a publicity barrage, invariably including a press release written in traditional journalistic "pyramid style"--that is, with the scoop on top, where it belongs. ("ALBRIGHT SAYS CLINTON NEVER TOUCHED HER. In her just published memoir, Woman of the World, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright denies reports in former White House press secretary Mike McCurry's recent memoir, The Soul of Discretion, that President Clinton...
...about the bankruptcy of religious belief. From writing political plays that verge on the lecture, that is, Hare has decided simply to lecture in an actorly manner. "I find the strategies of fiction more and more tiresome," he explains. "I cannot watch Hollywood films, which I know have been written to a three-act structure that's been taught in class at UCLA." Though he has made forays into Hollywood in the past--including the film version of his play Plenty (which is being revived next month in London starring Cate Blanchett)--he is now resolved to experiment only within...