Dear friends -- I have not yet read 100 years of solitude. I know. It's a schande, as we say in Yiddish. How can a writer who works in MR, NOT have read this novel? I own it now, and I keep looking at it. I keep trying to start. But I can't start, because … Continue reading Before I read Marquez– Kate Durbin, Anna Nicole Smith and the unreal heal
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Unreal Valentine: Revisiting Carnations #1: Pina Bausch and the dance of words
In the 1990's, I was invited at the last moment to see a performance of a dance called "Carnations" to be performed by Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal. I hesitated. I had seen the company's brutal peat-moss strewn interpretation of the RITES OF SPRING in the 80's in Brooklyn, and was still recovering from the experience. … Continue reading Unreal Valentine: Revisiting Carnations #1: Pina Bausch and the dance of words
Stephanie Barbé Hammer Writing (Un) Real 