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Bookshelf Tour #11

Posted on November 14, 2018 by sheila

Renegades, iconoclasts, “new journalism” and gonzo journalism. Individualists, all. Irreplaceable, all. The world wouldn’t know what to do with such voices now, and they didn’t know what to do with such voices then. None of them really “fit.” They are … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #10

Posted on March 9, 2018 by sheila

An extremely dog-eared section of my library. These books are rarely on the shelf since I dip into them so often. — The mighty Joan Acocella, dance critic for The New Yorker, but also so much more. Her dance writing … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #9

Posted on December 22, 2017 by sheila

The books of Robert Conquest: first and foremost his masterpiece, one of the most important books of the 20th century: The Great Terror: A Reassessment, but also Reflections on a Ravaged Century, The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #8

Posted on November 26, 2017 by sheila

Welcome to the Tyranny section of my bookshelves. First up: Collapse of Communism by the correspondents of The New York Times. A really interesting in-real-time book about the various gigantic events which signaled the crackup of the Soviet Union, as … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #7

Posted on November 17, 2017 by sheila

Moving on to biographies. Please ignore my wretched ceiling. I had nothing to do with it. I also lost the top shelf of my bookshelves when I moved here in February. Still room for a row of books though. I … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #6

Posted on November 10, 2017 by sheila

More plays! First up: the essential two volumes of Paddy Chayefsky’s stuff (and there’s still more out there). The Stage Plays and The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky: The Television Plays. He’s so good for acting classes, both his plays, … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #5

Posted on November 8, 2017 by sheila

Moving into the script section. Samuel French dominates. Most of the Samuel French scripts here are plays I acted in. Hence, their terrible condition. And hey look there’s Cousin Mike’s play, Diverting Devotion. It was such a huge deal when … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #4

Posted on November 5, 2017 by sheila

Poetry is important to me. My collection is small but each volume is loved, read, dipped into, used constantly as references. Six Centuries of Great Poetry: A Stunning Collection of Classic British Poems from Chaucer to Yeats, edited by Robert … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #3

Posted on October 31, 2017 by sheila

Some of the most well-worn books in my library. Real Life Drama: The Group Theatre and America 1931-1940 is Wendy Smith’s exhaustive history of The Group Theater. I consider it essential reading. It’s an important part of the history of … Continue reading →

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Bookshelf Tour #2

Posted on October 30, 2017 by sheila

A section of primary sources section. To anyone who knows my script (July and Half of August), you’ll see where the whole Warren Report joke comes from. On one of my tours of Graceland, they had Elvis’ books laid out … Continue reading →

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