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Spectator Competition: Shrink away
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (812+ words) For Competition 3451 you were invited to supply an acrostic poem praising or dispraising a public figure in which the word/s spelled out by the first letter of each line directly contradicts what the poem is saying. Messages that lurked,…...
Review: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, play, UK tour | Glasgow
16+ hour, 37+ min ago (518+ words) An excellent adaptation of a complex le Carr" spy thriller that is often more clever and visually impressive than riveting. The new play based on John le Carr"'s breakout novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold stars…...
In Conversation: David Elliott and E. M. Elliott
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (521+ words) Bestselling author David Elliott teams up with his son'and debut novelist'E. M. Elliott for Bonebag, a new middle grade fantasy that explores the mystery of belonging. We invited the father-son duo to discuss their collaborative writing process. E. M. Elliott: Dad, we'd been…...
The Book Club Play" From Seat of the Pants Productions is Required Reading
1+ week, 2+ day ago (617+ words) Whether you love or loathe reading, there's little question as to whether you will enjoy "The Book Club Play," a show that explores the life-altering capabilities of story and examines the power of community, all while tapping into the absurd…...
Interview | Translator Ross Benjamin on the International Booker-shortlisted novel, The Director
1+ week, 6+ day ago (223+ words) Under the Third Reich, Pabst compromised his art in order to survive and make films for the Nazi establishment. While Kehlmann's German prose captures Pabst's life frame by frame on the page, Benjamin renders it in English with equal cinematic…...
'Roald Dahl probably wouldn't like a Jew like me. I still read him to my son"
1+ week, 6+ day ago (128+ words) 'Roald Dahl Probably Wouldn't Like a Jew Like Me. I Still Read Him to My Son' Haaretz 'Roald Dahl Probably Wouldn't Like a Jew Like Me. I Still Read Him to My Son' Print in a simple, ad-free format Ad-free…...
Gustavus hosting 10th annual Word Play
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (280+ words) Word Play is a gathering of readers and writers on June 5 and 6 at Beck Hall Lecture Bowl, Gustavus Adolphus College. All are welcome. On Friday evening, June 5 from 7-9 p. m. featured writers: Joyce Sutphen, Connie Wanek, and Phil Bryant. Reception and Nodin…...
Having fun with slippery and elusive notions
2+ week, 2+ day ago (755+ words) ANDY HEDGECOCK is entertained by a playful novel that embeds a fictional game at its heart New releases from Public Image Ltd, William Basinski, and John Luther Adams" GABRIELE NEHER draws attention to an astoundingly skilled Flemish painter who defied…...
The Stifling and Sanitized Imaginative Space for Children
2+ week, 4+ day ago (662+ words) We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true imagination has become a radical act The six children sit together at the waterline in roaring wind. Seagulls dip and…...
Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre
3+ week, 1+ day ago (454+ words) Harker Jones is the author of three award-winning books: the best-selling love story "Until September," the young-adult thriller "Never Have I Ever" and the children's picture book "The Bird Who Was Afraid to Fly." His short thrillers "Cole & Colette" and…...