Word: yourselfer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bore & Dig. "The object is definitely the most important thing to me," says Jamie. "In portraits I just wish I could drop myself out of it completely. It would be fantastic if you could just get a second person down on canvas without yourself in it," More, generally, he wants...
It is typical of Cheever, both as realist and fabulist, that his own roots are partly invented. As Novelist Ellison observes: "Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values."
Brecht's foreword urges the viewer to "watch now the inexplicable wrestling match between two men . . . Don't worry about the reasons for this fight but make yourself share in the human stakes." The advice is well-taken, because the reasons for the struggle seem decidedly artificial from the start...
Pugnacious Poet-Novelist Elliott comes out swinging against a wide variety of targets, ranging from sex cultists to the high priests of New Criticism. The most devastating of his 15 essays, Who Is We?, concerns the 107 (Elliott's count) grand poohbahs who dominate the U.S. cultural scene from...
The sado-masochistic mehod is a remnant of the do-it-yourself craze. The masochist uses small earrings with a spring which can be adjusted to vary the amount of pressure on the ear. By clipping on these earrings and adjusting the springs, the masochist can pierce her own ears...