Alberto Savinio, born Andrea Francesco Alberto de Chirico, was an Italian writer, painter and composer, brother of the more widely known Giorgio De Chirico.
Dr. Ananya Chatterjea is a dancer, choreographer, dance scholar and dance educator, who is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Theater Arts and Dance, and the Director of Dance at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Chatterjea is also the Artistic Director of Ananya Dance The
After having published two novels by 1958, John Barth sat in front of a fireplace for two years, without moving or budging or repositioning himself for comfort; when asked what he was doing, the young man would respond, "Thinking." Come the end of this lengthy meditative period, a novel named "The
In 1990, Richard Nixon released "RN: The Memoirs of Richard Nixon," an account of his life that was praised for its unexpected candor and introspection; but thirteen years earlier a far more convincing narrative, also told by Nixon, was divulged in Robert Coover's "The Public Burning." The novel, wh