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...nothing to check or warrant the accuracy of what they print. They won't knowingly publish a fraud, but they won't take the first step to expose one. In fact, they don't even seem to turn on their baloney detectors when they sit down to read a manuscript. One phone call could have exposed Seltzer's tale. And as for Defonseca, certainly there are many true stories of surviving the Holocaust that strain credulity. But adopted by wolves? Please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Old Story | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

...times choppy, disjointed and repetitive, Reconciliation reads more like a manuscript than a finished piece, testament perhaps to an editing process curtailed by the death of its author on the 27th of December. As such it is a fitting monument to an incomplete life. Jagged and harrowing references to the October 19th bombing of her welcome home rally in Karachi, in which some 150 died, are inserted almost randomly into otherwise fluid prose that was written long before. The ubiquitous references to terrorism, however, underscore an important point. As a Muslim, and a victim, Bhutto is uniquely poised to present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto's Incomplete Legacy | 2/17/2008 | See Source »

...Yale, but the entanglement of conspiracies that unfold as the play develops makes them old beyond their years. Director Mia P. Walker ’10, producer C. Alex Tremblay ’10, and the cast combined to create a strong and intelligent production of “Manuscript,” but the admirable efforts of all involved only barely overcame the limitations of the script itself...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acting Overcomes Weak Writing in ‘Manuscript’ | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...winter break. David, an aspiring writer, and Elizabeth, who has already launched a successful literary career as a published author, soon relaunch a long-running argument over the true authorship of one of Elizabeth’s works. When the three characters find themselves in possession of the unpublished manuscript of a famous but recently deceased author, they are at odds over what to do with it. Their plans and alliances constantly shift until the play’s climactic revelation...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acting Overcomes Weak Writing in ‘Manuscript’ | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

...exuberance, and dedication. While there were times when the performance faltered, the fault lay more with the triteness of the words themselves than with the actors’ delivery of them. Otherwise, they created an entertaining and witty performance out of the twists and turns of “Manuscript...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acting Overcomes Weak Writing in ‘Manuscript’ | 12/3/2007 | See Source »

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