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Grasses of a Thousand Colors
Brilliantly upsetting and endearing . . . riveting.NewsdayAn updated and revised edition of Wallace Shawn's most outlandish work to date.This poetic epic about a scientist, his wife, and his two mistresses as they fend for their lives in a world savagely close to extinction, raises issues of redemption, forgiveness, and responsibility. Grasses of a Thousand Colors is a troubling, erotic adventure that received high critical praise for its first New York City revival in 2013, starring Shawn.Wallace Shawn is a noted actor and writer. His often politically charged and controversial plays include The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, Marie and Bruce, and The Designated Mourner. With Andre Gregory, he co-wrote My Dinner with Andre, in which he also starred.
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Essays
ÔÇ£Full of what you might call conversation starters: tricky propositions about morality... politics, privilege, runaway nationalist fantasies, collective guilt, and art as a force for change (or not)...ItÔÇÖs a treat to hear him speak his curious mind.ÔÇØÔÇöO Magazine In these beautiful essays, Wallace Shawn takes us on a revelatory journey in which the personal and political become one. Whether writing about the genesis of his plays, such asAunt Dan and Lemon; discussing how the privileged world of arts and letters takes for granted the work of the ÔÇ£unobtrusives,ÔÇØ the people who serve our food and deliver our mail; or describing his upbringing in the sheltered world of ManhattanÔÇÖs cultural elite, Shawn reveals a unique ability to step back from the appearance of things to explore their deeper social meanings. He grasps contradictions, even when unpleasant, and challenges us to look, as he does, at our own behavior in a more honest light. He also finds the pathos in the political and personal challenges of everyday life. With a sharp wit, remarkable attention to detail, and the same acumen as a writer of prose as he is a playwright, Shawn invites us to look at the world with new eyes, the better to understandÔÇöand change it. Praise for Wallace Shawn and Essays:-á ÔÇ£Lovely, hilarious and seriously thought provoking, I enjoyed it tremendously.ÔÇØÔÇöToni Morrison ÔÇ£Wallace Shawn writes in a style that is deceptively simple, profoundly thoughtful, fiercely honest. His vocabulary is pungent, his wit delightful, his ideas provocative.ÔÇØÔÇöHoward Zinn, author, A PeopleÔÇÖs History of the United States ÔÇ£Wally ShawnÔÇÖs essays are both powerful and riveting. How rare to encounter someone willing to question the assumptions of class and the disparity of wealth that grows wider every year in this country. To have such a gentle and incisive soul willing to say what others may be afraid to is considerably refreshing.ÔÇØÔÇöMichael Moore, film-maker ShawnÔÇÖs language, his unmistakable, original voice, felicitous, is unadorned, elegant, immediate, true. HeÔÇÖs also a brilliant interviewer, as everyone whoÔÇÖs seenMy Dinner With Andre(which is just about everyone) knows. And, of course, heÔÇÖs very funny.ÔÇØÔÇöTony Kushner, playwright, Angels in America ÔÇ£Wallace Shawn is a bracing antidote to the op-ed dreariness of political and artistic journalism in the West. He takes you back to the days when intellectuals had the wit and concentration to formulate great questions - and to make the reader want to answer them.ÔÇØÔÇöDavid Hare, playwright Wallace Shawn
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Essays
Probing essays and observations by acclaimed actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, in his first nonfiction collection.
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