![]() ![]() When Sholem Asch wrote God of Vengeance in 1907, he didn’t imagine the height of controversy the play would eventually reach. “ Indecent is more than a play about forbidden love: It’s about theater as a life force.” - New York Post The historical perspective is vast and knowing.Has there ever been anything quite like Indecent, a play that touches-I mean deeply touches-so much rich emotion about history and the theater, anti-Semitism, homophobia, censorship, world wars, red-baiting, and oh, yes, joyful human passion?.An extraordinary play.” - Newsday ![]() “A moving and fascinating play.A singular achievement. Rich in sympathy and humor, Indecent has the scope of an epic but the intimacy of a chamber piece.It celebrates and illustrates the power of theater.” - Time Out New York Indecent, the powerful play by Paula Vogel, sheds an eye-opening light on a little-known time when theatrical history, Jewish culture, and the frank depiction of homosexuality intersected, with explosive results.” - New York Times Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire, and fear, and it’s shrewd about the ways in which America isn’t free, and about how art does and doesn’t transcend the perilous winds of history.” - New Yorker ![]() “Revelatory.As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Okay, fine, she tells herself, they just need to get there and then she can enjoy a free vacation in Hawaii by avoiding him completely. Olive’s sister begs Olive to take her place on the all-expenses paid honeymoon to Hawaii – if someone doesn’t go, they’ll have to pay for it – and Olive is fairly gung-ho until she realizes she’ll be going with Ethan. Latest example? Her sisters’ wedding, where she will be forced to be in close proximity to her sworn enemy, Ethan.īut the hits keep on coming, because the entire wedding party comes down with insane food poisoning over some bad (won in a contest) shellfish. While her sister wins everything from radio competitions to an all-expenses paid wedding to the perfect fiancé, Olive fumbles her way through life with slight tragedy as her constant companion. ![]() This enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity tale has the added bonus of taking place in Hawaii – which is really not the worst place to locate a book that I read (and many others I will read) on holiday – and kicks off at a wedding. I am deeply pleased to report that The Unhoneymooners is one of the books that contains the magic. The dialogue sparkles, the characters settle into themselves quickly, and hundreds of pages fly by while you are contentedly spending time in their world. There is a special sort of magic that happens in a Christina Lauren book when the pair are firing on all cylinders. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She's hundreds of pounds beyond the point where she can celebrate her curves or benefit from the body positivity movement, and unless she takes drastic action, the future looks dire.īut when Ruby's buried rage explodes in a hilariously viral way, the mistake has life-altering consequences. Pearl is still living in her mother's fixer-upper and finds herself facing a line in the sand: her weight is threatening to kill her. Ruby's a runner, living in Dallas and only reluctantly talking to their mother, Birdie, when she calls from prison. The weight of their family secrets could not have shaped Pearl and Ruby Crenshaw any differently. Pearl and Ruby's choices drove them apart.įinding their way back to each other might be the only way forward. A solid entry for titles with plus-sized heroines." - Library Journal "An insightful and empathetic view into the daily struggles of living with obesity. ![]() "Readers will be eager for more." - Booklist ![]() ![]() Sentimental aphorisms some works are too succinct or trite and detractįrom the whole. There is a fine line between affirmations of positive thinking and Their creative spark if they no longer suffer, and asserts that pain ![]() The poet dispels the belief that artists lose Her works address victimhood,įorgiveness, and survival. Elle speaks about coming to terms with her past and escaping Resolution, her self-portrayal is as a woman broken, whole, and still Alluding toĬontrasts between pain and joy, journey and destination, regret and NewNonfictionBookSpotlight Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose by Alexandra Elle In short, powerful verses, Alexandra Elle shares a hard-won. Into slave quarters, and a bedroom becomes into a dungeon. Home is described as both a prison and a sanctuary: a kitchen is made Through metaphor, Elle inspires and counsels readers. "shocking resilience," and "blinding belonging"Įvoke neon light. Throughout the book, phrases like "electrifying truth," The title poem exemplifies theĬollection, using contrasting images of nature (like sunlight andĭarkness) to describe her turbulent past and subsequent resilience. Neon Soul by blogger Alexandra Elle explores the battles in herĮvolution from teen to mother. ![]() Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose.Īndrews McMeel, 2017. ![]() Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose. Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose." Retrieved from Neon Soul: A Collection of Poetry and Prose." The Free Library. ![]() |