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M. Butterfly
Presents the text of the 1988 Tony Award-winning play in which diplomat Rene Gallimard, a captive of the French government, relives his twenty-year affair with a beautiful, elusive Chinese actress who turned out to be not only a spy, but a man in disguise, and includes comments by the author.
American Tomboys, 1850-1915
This book explores how the concept of the tomboy developed in the turbulent years after the Civil War (1861-1865), and argues that the tomboy grew into an accepted and even vital transitional figure.
Performing Menken
Performing Menken uses the life experiences of controversial actress and poet Adah Isaacs Menken to examine the culture of the Civil War period and what Menken's choices reveal about her period. It explores the roots of the cult of celebrity that emerged from crucible of war. While discussing Menken's racial and ethnic claims and her performance of gender and sexuality, Performing Menken focuses on contemporary use of social categories to explain patterns in America's past and considers why such categories appear to remain important.
Getaway
From the Pacific Northwest’s most influential chef comes Getaway, a collection of recipes for ultra-simple sophistication inspired by the world’s most delicious cuisines, cowritten with award-winning author Sara Dickerman. Foreword by James Beard Award–winning author Diana Henry James Beard Award–winning acclaimed chef, restaurateur, and artist Renee Erickson invites you on a culinary journey via her favorite places in the world—Rome, Paris, Normandy, Baja California, London, and her hometown, Seattle. Equally aspirational travelogue and practical guide to cooking at home, the book offers 120 recipes and 60 cocktail recipes for simple meals that evoke the dreamiest places and cuisi...
Theatre Earth
Books were once in antiquity the conveyors of information, particularly from sages. Only latterly have books been conjoined with the goal of profit and Ego. Theatre Earth - Who Pulls the Strings? by the author rekindles the goal of antiquity and the purpose of books as the conduit for thoughts and new ideas, even heretical ideas, for which reason the library in Alexandria was burnt to the ground. The author has re-set the goals of intelligent but considered heretical authors, who despite controversial ideas, have felt compelled to place their thoughts and research in the public domain, despite the orthodox views and forces arranged against them.
The Inner Voice
The fascinating personal story of one of the most celebrated talents in today’s music scene The star of the Metropolitan Opera's recent revival of Dvorak's Rusalka, soprano Renée Fleming brings a consummately beautiful voice, striking interpretive talents, and compelling artistry to bear on performances that have captivated audiences in opera houses and recital halls throughout the world. In The Inner Voice—a book that is the story of her own artistic development and the “autobiography” of her voice—this great performer presents a unique and privileged look at the making of a singer and offers hard-won, practical advice to aspiring performance artists everywhere. From her youth as the child of two singing teachers through her years at Juilliard, from her struggles to establish her career to her international success, The Inner Voice is a luminous, articulate, and candid self-portrait of a contemporary artist—and the most revelatory examination yet of the performing life.
