• Hydriotaphia premieres at Houston’s Alley Theatre this spring and will also be staged at the Berkeley Rep Theatre • The first new work since Angels in America (CBSD sold over 200,000 total in combined formats) • His last book, a re-telling of A Dybbuk with Joachim Neugrochel, just shipped this Spring. • University of Michigan has published studies of Angels in America. • ...
“A subversive, seriously funny new theater piece by the adventurous playwright Young Jean Lee. . . . Ms. Lee does not shy away from prodding the audience’s racial sensitivities—or insensitivities—in a style that is sometimes sly and subtle, sometimes as blunt as a poke in the eye.”—Charles Isherwood, The New York Times “Lee is a facetious provocateur; she does whatever she ...
“Passionate. Show-stopping. Daringly over-the-top and impressively consistent in its delirious excess. The Clean House shines.”— New Haven Advocate “ The Clean House is not, by any means, a traditional boy-meets-girl story. In fact disease, death, and dirt are among the subjects it addresses. This comedy is romantic, deeply so, but in the more arcane sense of the word: visionary, tinged with fantasy, ...
"Zestier and more colloquial than most translations . . . Letts' main achievement here is to make Chekhov more emotional, accessible and active."—[i]Chicago Tribune"I've seen over a dozen [i]Three Sisters, but never has the final scene . . . registered so hard. It's the cumulative effect of . . . searing truth-telling—from Letts, who knows family dysfunction as only the author of [i]August: Osage County ca ...
"Illuminating." – The New York Times Book Review What is the future of fiction in an age of globalization?In The Global Novel , acclaimed literary critic Adam Kirsch explores some of the 21st century's best-known writers– including Orhan Pamuk, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohsin Hamid, Haruki Murakami, Elena Ferrante, Roberto Bolano, Michel Houellebecq, and Margaret Atwood. They are employing a way of imagining the world that sees dif ...
Reading and understanding the classics is important for college preparation, as well as for personal enjoyment. With the Christian Reading Companion for 50 Classics you can gain a deeper understanding of them from a Christian perspective. Selections include books and plays for both middle school and high school levels. Whether supplementing an existing curriculum or doing a special survey course on classic literature, this is a challenging gu ...
Сказки – барометр европейской культуры. По тому, как их сегодня рассказывают, можно понять, в каком онасостоянии. И даже угадать ее будущее. Попробуем? Сказки для нас – прошлое. В них нет и не может быть ничего нового, не так ли? А нам хочется новизны, мы пытливо засматриваемся в будущее. Аудиокнига поэта и писателя Дмитрия Макарова разубедит вас. «Красная Шапочка», «Золушка», «Кот в сапогах» и другие великие сюжеты предстанут в св ...
