Joe Gores, Crime Writer in Dashiell Hammett Mode, Dies at 79
Mr. Gores’s spare, chiseled sentences and deadpan dialogue persuaded Hammett’s daughter to let him write a follow-up to “The Maltese Falcon.”
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JANE KACZMAREK SHARES IN MOTHER WORDS WITH SAIDAH ARRIKA EKULONA AND JAMES LECESNE
In Mother Words, an audacious collection of stories by some of theaters most talented contemporary playwrights, makes its West Coast debut with award-winning actors Jane Kaczmarek, Saidah Arrika Ekulona and James Lecesne. Conceived by Susan Rose and Joan Stein and helmed by acclaimed director Lisa Peterson, this hilarious night of theater includes works by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley …
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The Dark Rainbow
THE appearance in English of these tales and stories by the Soviet era novelist Vasily Grossman would be of the highest significance in any year.
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