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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Artists, scientists, and hunters all use different techniques and find different meanings in the baffling and unique practice of taxidermy.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
The time for nostalgia has come.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
When asked why he had ventured into the territory (five times in 16 years), Frazier replied, “Well, I think, I wanted to step out of time… You’re going somewhere, and you’re no longer just in the company of your own contemporaries. You’re in the company of everybody that’s ever traveled here.”
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
“By Nightfall” intends a penetrating examination of middle-aged life and its crumbling foundations, but it lacks focus and convulses with histrionics, rendering the book simply teenage angst for grown-ups.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
As flawless a blend as Leo’s falsetto, a tight drum line, and a melodic guitar solo can be, there’s no particular charm in stating the obvious.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Fundamentally a contemporary war novel, "The Surrendered" derives its plot from a scrutiny of the most basic of human experiences—love and conflict.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Superficially a fantastical page-turner, the novel is at its core an uncompromising interrogation of authority, a gruesome satire whose pivot turns on exposing the consequences that result from a manipulated identity.
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ARTS
By Ali R. Leskowitz and Denise J. Xu
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Borrowing established stories and adapting them for the stage is hardly unusual in today’s theater culture, where original writing is hard to find.
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ARTS
By Rachel A. Burns, Jeffrey W. Feldman, Ama R. Francis, Jessica R. Henderson, Joshua J. Kearney, Eunice Y. Kim, Chris R. Kingston, Ali R. Leskowitz, Beryl C.D. Lipton, Monica S. Liu, Ryan J. Meehan, Antonia M.R. Peacocke, Erika P. Pierson, Bram A. Strochlic, Mark A. VanMiddlesworth, and Denise J. Xu
Friday, December 4, 2009
Arts execs take a break from ranking Radiohead vs. Spoon to rank... whatever they feel like.
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ARTS
By Denise J. Xu
Friday, October 23, 2009
Looking to the past, a recent publication by HU Press tells new story of America's literary history to no one in particular
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