Reading and Roaming
BOOK GROUPS I have been a participant in a book group of some sort almost forever. In my 20’s, I was part of a group that was made up of English professors and two librarians, me being one of the latter. All members were female. I can’t recall the titles we discussed, but I do …
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ENJOYABLE CINEMA We ended the Sarasota Film Festival on a high note with two very good films, one a feature and the other a documentary from Argentina. The Congressman. Starring Treat Williams with George Hamilton, this feature-length film was written by former Long Island representative, Robert Mzarek. Set in Maine, it’s an old-fashioned film with …
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THOUGHT-PROVOKING THEATER We were at the first preview performance of Asolo Rep’s production of Disgraced and it was excellent! Ayad Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize winning play is simultaneously hard-hitting and nuanced about issues of race and religion. Amir, a young lawyer on the track to partner, has hidden and, to a great extent, set aside his Pakistani …
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PRAISE FOR FICTION You may have seen the reports that reading fiction can improve your social skills. Ann Lukits of the Wall St. Journal writes the following: “People who read a lot of fiction are known to have stronger social skills than nonfiction readers or nonreaders. A new study suggests that reading fictional works, especially …
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