Tag Archives: American/General
A Free Man of Color
by John Guare“[A Free Man of Color] . . . might be a masterpiece. . . . one of the three or four most stirring new plays I’ve seen.” —Terry Teachout, The Wall Street Journal…
Four Plays [Come Back Little Sheba]
by William Inge“Inge has represented with astonishing veracity the oppressive banality of the lives of his characters: the events of their lives have the nerve-tightening regularity…
Fish in the Dark
by Larry David“Forgive us: we’re having difficulty curbing our enthusiasm about this.” —Time
The Fever
by Wallace Shawn“A profoundly engaging and provocative journey through the awakening of a pampered . . . conscience.” –Newsday
A Few Stout Individuals
by John Guare“Vivacious. Individuals is . . . so unmistakably the product of Mr. Guare’s exotic yet very American imagination.” —Ben Brantley, The New York Times
The Eye Like a Strange Balloon
by Mary Jo Bang“The language in Mary Jo Bang’s poems can seem to break free from its subjects, rising into its own realm; if Bang understands that…
Erratic Facts
by Kay RyanPulitzer Prize winner Kay Ryan returns with an all-new full-length collection of poems. “Witty, rebellious, and yet tender, [her poetry is] a treasure trove…
The End of the Alphabet
by Claudia Rankine“It is not facts or events but the experiencing of them that counts here. And the writing never summarizes or reduces these to simples,…
Elephant Rocks
by Kay Ryan“The music of these poems is every bit as seductive as their reasoning. Her thinking flaunts the plush, irresistible textures of organic growth; we’d…
