false 13228 0 0 female 844628 0385473761 9780385473767 19 <![CDATA[Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178843465m/844628.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178843465s/844628.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/844628.Twilight_Los_Angeles_1992 3.87 179 13228 3.81 473 63 1994 895293 0385470142 9780385470148 16 <![CDATA[Fires in the Mirror]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179264712m/895293.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179264712s/895293.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/895293.Fires_in_the_Mirror 3.89 130 Fires In The  Mirror is as distinguished a work of  commentary on current Black-White tensions as it is a  work of drama.]]> 13228 3.81 473 63 1993 23468 1400032385 9781400032389 19 <![CDATA[Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167412426m/23468.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167412426s/23468.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23468.Letters_to_a_Young_Artist_Straight_up_Advice_on_Making_a_Life_in_the_Arts_For_Actors_Performers_Writers_and_Artists_of_Every_Kind 3.75 75 Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smith’s brass tacks advice to aspiring artists of all stripes. In vividly anecdotal letters to the young BZ, she addresses the full spectrum of issues that people starting out will face: from questions of confidence, discipline, and self-esteem, to fame, failure, and fear, to staying healthy, presenting yourself effectively, building a diverse social and professional network, and using your art to promote social change. At once inspiring and no-nonsense, Letters to a Young Artist will challenge you, motivate you, and set you on a course to pursue your art without compromise.]]> 13228 3.81 473 63 2006 252949 0375501509 9780375501500 5 <![CDATA[Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157735m/252949.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157735s/252949.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252949.Talk_to_Me_Listening_Between_the_Lines 3.74 19 "The language of Washington is in disrepair," Smith writes, "a verbal flat line," and though politicians have tried to learn from actors, they have failed so fully they can no longer connect with their audiences. The press comes in for an even stronger critique as a group that honors truth, but is busy looking for lies and creating a highly wired cocoon. The book's best and most startling moments are when her subjects "bust out" and surprise us, as when Clinton's former press secretary Mike McCurry says:
And we, we came very close in the last week to a point for, where I thought I was going to get asked about what kind of erections the president has. I mean quite seriously.... So it's a, it's weird. It's kind of this merging of our popular culture and tabloid mentality and the evening shows ... and it's kind of this morphing of what we consider, you know, civil discourse and ah so it's it's it's a troubling time.
While Smith tends to meander, interested perhaps in following her own authentic speech, she raises necessary questions and offers even more intriguing conclusions: there will never be real conversation between Washington and the rest of the nation until there's desegregation of the most insular community around--the capitol clique. --Lesley Reed

]]> 13228 3.81 473 63 2000 252952 1400033578 9781400033577 1 <![CDATA[House Arrest and Piano: Two Plays]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157737m/252952.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157737s/252952.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252952.House_Arrest_and_Piano_Two_Plays 3.20 5
In the provocative and at times bitterly funny play House Arrest, Smith examines the relationships between a succession of American presidents and their observers in and out of the press. Arcing from Clinton and Monica Lewinsky to Jefferson and Sally Hemings and alive with the voices of such real-life figures as Ed Bradley, George Stephanopoulos, Anita Hill, and Abraham Lincoln, the result is a priceless examination of the intersection of public power and private life.

In Piano, Smith casts her gaze back a century as she follows the tangled lines of race, sex, and exploitation in a prosperous Cuban household on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Deftly and suspensefully, Smith tells a story of ruptured allegiances and ramifying deceptions in which no one—master or servant, friend or enemy—is what he or she pretends to be. Together these two plays are further proof that Anna Deavere Smith is one of the most searing and revelatory voices in the American theater.]]> 13228 3.81 473 63 2004 252950 0974364800 9780974364803 0 <![CDATA[Lyle Ashton Harris]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157736m/252950.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173157736s/252950.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252950.Lyle_Ashton_Harris 3.67 3 13228 3.81 473 63 2004 252956 0822218429 9780822218425 0 <![CDATA[House Arrest: A Search for American Character in and Around the White House, Past and Present]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/252956.House_Arrest_A_Search_for_American_Character_in_and_Around_the_White_House_Past_and_Present 3.00 1 13228 3.81 473 63 2003 6648700 0 <![CDATA[Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the Arts-For Actors, Performers, Writers, and Artists of Every Kind]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6648700-letters-to-a-young-artist 0.0 0 Newsweek), here is Anna Deavere Smith’s brass tacks advice to aspiring artists of all stripes. In vividly anecdotal letters to the young BZ, she addresses the full spectrum of issues that people starting out will face: from questions of confidence, discipline, and self-esteem, to fame, failure, and fear, to staying healthy, presenting yourself effectively, building a diverse social and professional network, and using your art to promote social change. At once inspiring and no-nonsense, Letters to a Young Artist will challenge you, motivate you, and set you on a course to pursue your art without compromise.


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