1999
Godless Morality
Introduction: Godless Morality Ethical Jazz Unhappy Bedfellows Was the Trojan Horse Gay? What Is Your Poison? Life Wars The Reproductive Supermarket Epilogue: Deciding for Ourselves
Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass’s Akhnaten
Oedipus and Akhnaten: Of Origins and Archaeologies Glass’s Poetics of Postmodernism The Musical Language of Akhnaten Narrating from a Distance: Representations of the Old Order in the Prelude and the First Two Scenes Higher Love: New Geometries of Power, Desire, and Exclusion in the Trio and Two ‘Duets’ of Akhnaten, Nefertiti, and Tye The Illusion …
Stella Adler on Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov
Preface Barry Paris Henrik Ibsen Ibsen the Pioneer Morality, Money and Marriage Truth and Lies The New Character in Realism The New Performer in Realism August Strindberg Father Knows Abyss Six Characters in Search of an Actor Anton Chekhov Russian Revolutions The Seagull Uncle Vanya and The Cherry Orchard Three Sisters Craft and Creation: Exercises …
Jumpstart
Preface Introduction Henry’s Clock Jumpstarting the Poem The Thrill of Writing Making the Familiar Strange Naming The Eye of the Blackbird Mushroomed Contact Sheet Don’t Worry Voices The Little Awl That Unties Knots Some Words of Advice Index of Poems Index of Things to Do With a Poem Bibliography