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Tag Archives: Joan Acocella
The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘True Confessions’, by Joan Acocella
Next book on the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. The next essay is called ‘True Confessions’, originally published in The New Yorker. This essay is an example of what Joan Acocella does best. Although … Continue reading
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Tagged essays, Italy, Joan Acocella, politics, Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, war
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The Books: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, ‘Blocked’, by Joan Acocella
Next book on the essays shelf: Twenty-eight Artists and Two Saints: Essays by Joan Acocella. Joan Acocella has brought a lot of great things into my life, which is a strange thing to say, on the face of it. She … Continue reading
“The performance is now.” – Suzanne Farrell
Like most people, I have heard of Suzanne Farrell and knew she was a big deal in the world of ballet. Names like Gelsey Kirkland and Allegra Kent and Darci Kistler … well, first of all … aren’t those all … Continue reading
Joan Acocella: Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints
Joan Acocella has been a staff writer for The New Yorker for I don’t know how many years, and I am just now starting to pay attention to her. She writes mainly about dance (her dance columns are amazing – … Continue reading
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Tagged Joan Acocella, Primo Levi, Stefan Zweig, Twenty-Eight Artists and Two Saints, Zelda Fitzgerald
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The Dancer Who Could Pause In Mid-Air:
Joan Acocella writes: Almost everyone who describes Nureyev eventually compares him to an animal. They bore you to death with this, but it was true. New biography of Rudolf Nureyev is out – and I must read it. All 700 … Continue reading