![]() ![]() That just might have had something to do with our own political circumstances, but who knows. She’ll read from her work with Aryn Kyle, whose The God of Animals is one of the most praised first novels in recent memory.Ī few years ago, you couldn’t swing a dramaturge without hitting a production of Antigone, Sophocles’ powerful meditation on the conflict between personal conscience and political efficacy. Those long drives spurred her imagination, and lead to the fanciful novel, The Heroines, in which a rural bed-and-breakfast is visited by women like Scarlet O’Hara, Emma Bovary and Daisy Buchanan. Read the New York Times review here.Īnd now to things a little closer to home….Įileen Favorite lives in Chicago, but a few years ago, she spent a lot of time on the road between Chicago and Milwaukee to visit her ill brother, a former teacher at Riverside High School. His musical, Adding Machine, has opened in New York to rave reviews. First, a big shout out (John Cage style) to Josh Schmidt, local composer and sound designer extraordinaire. ![]()
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