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Clarence Major is one of America's literary masters. He has
published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story
collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the
National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN
Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award. His work has
been featured in many literary journals, newspapers, and magazines,
including the New Yorker, the New York Times, and Ploughshares.
Whether you've known Major's work for decades or are new to his
singular style, The Essential Clarence Major offers a thrilling
overview of an exceptional career, from his early groundbreaking
fiction to his most recent poems. Included here are excerpts from
Major's best novels, a selection of his finest short stories and
poetry, more than a dozen thought-provoking essays, a taste of his
autobiography. Award-winning playwright, novelist, and screenwriter
Kia Corthron introduces the collection, artfully illuminating
Major's importance as one of the foremost and original voices in
contemporary American literature.
A COOL DIP IN THE BARREN SAHARAN CRICK AND OTHER PLAYS collects
three fascinating, political plays by accomplished US playwright
Kia Corthron. The book also includes a personal essay on Liberia
and its political landscape as well as a preface by Michael John
Garces, artistic director of Cornerstone Theatre in Los Angeles,
and an interview by playwright Kara Lee Corthron.
This powerful anthology brings together reflective and raw plays by
American playwrights surrounding the psychic and political
boundaries of the many faces and shadows of terrorism. Allan
Havis's introduction addresses a variety of terrorism cases from
the last 25 years, examines several theories of the root causes of
modern terrors, and underscores how theatre forms a unique contour
to social and philosophical thought on terrorism. With a foreword
from Robert Brustein, the anthology features: Break of Noon by Neil
LaBute 7/11 by Kia Corthron Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck and
Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros Columbinus by PJ Paparelli and Stephen
Karam Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by
Christopher Durang
This powerful anthology brings together reflective and raw plays by
American playwrights surrounding the psychic and political
boundaries of the many faces and shadows of terrorism. Allan
Havis's introduction addresses a variety of terrorism cases from
the last 25 years, examines several theories of the root causes of
modern terrors, and underscores how theatre forms a unique contour
to social and philosophical thought on terrorism. With a foreword
from Robert Brustein, the anthology features: Break of Noon by Neil
LaBute 7/11 by Kia Corthron Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck and
Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros Columbinus by PJ Paparelli and Stephen
Karam Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them by
Christopher Durang
DramaCharacters: 3 males, 2 femalesA Cool Dip offers glimpses into
the lives of Abebe, a young Ethopian man with a passion for the
unlikely combination of Christianity and ecology, and the family
that houses himduring his college studies in Maryland. Through
their interactions, the play uncompromisingly tackles the issues of
drought and social injustice, combining a realistic evocation of
human emotion with the fantastical to bring attention to the
scarcity of something we so often take for granted: water."Half
family drama and half sociopolitical expose, Cool Dip makes the
socialand ecological issues surrounding water both compelling and
fascinating, shedding new light on this most basic of necessities."
-Show Business "Waxing its most lyrical, whether about activism of
the environmental or evangelicalvarieties, it's one of the most
refreshing of the season to date." -TalkinBroadway.com
"American Political Plays after 9/11 "is a diverse collection of
bold, urgent, and provocative plays that respond to the highly
charged, post 9/11 political landscape. Sparked by the terrorist
attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequently fueled by a series
of controversial events--the Iraq war, the passing and enforcement
of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, and the revelation of torture and other
scandals at the Abu Ghraib prison--American political theater is
currently experiencing a surge in activity. The plays in this
collection include "The Guys" by Anne Nelson, "At the Vanishing
Point" by Naomi Iizuka, "The Venus de Milo ""Is Armed" by Kia
Corthron, "Back of the Throat" by Yusseff El Guindi, "Three Nights
in Prague" by Allan Havis, and "Question 27, Question 28" by Chay
Yew. The characters range from a New York City fire captain trying
to respectfully memorialize eight of his lost comrades, to the
citizens of a hog-killing Louisville neighborhood who poignantly
exemplify the underside of the economic crisis, to an Arab American
citizen being harshly (and possibly unfairly) interrogated by two
officers as a "person of interest." Though not all of the plays
deal explicitly with the Al Qaeda attacks, they collectively reveal
themes of sorrow and anxiety, moral indignation, alarmist
self-preservation, and economic and social insecurity stemming from
the United States' fairly sudden shift from cold war superpower to
vulnerable target. The lively introduction by Allan Havis includes
a brief history of political theater in the United States, an
extensive discussion about how theater communities responded to
9/11, and an informative analysis of the six plays in the book. A
collection of dramatic material framed by this significant
historical event, "American" "Political Plays after 9/11 "will be
indispensable for theater and cultural studies scholars and
students.
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