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Art - further reading guide

Steven. — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:30:17 +0000

More information
General Problems of Culture
- Marxism and the Interpretation of Culture – Nelson/Grossberg, Eds.
- Recapturing Marxism – Levine/Lembcke, Eds.

Literature and Art
- The Dada Painters and Poets – Motherwell, Ed.
- The Dada Almanac – Huelsenbeck, Ed.
- The Situationist International Anthology – Knabb, Ed.

Finster, Ramon, 1944-1996

Battlescarred — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:16:36 +0000

The Butte aux Cailles in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, lies south of the Seine. It is one of the least known old neighbourhoods of the French capital, like its working class cousins north of the river – Batignolles, Belleville and Menilmontant. The Butte rises gently beside the now subterranean course of Paris’s forgotten river the Bievre.

USA: Striking writers threaten disruption at Golden Globes

Ed — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:06:45 +0000

The west coast division of the WGA issued a statement announcing that the organizer of the awards ceremony, Dick Clark Productions, was one of the companies from which writers went on strike and therefore members would picket the awards ceremony.

Camus, Albert and the anarchists

Battlescarred — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:50:19 +0000

Born in French Algeria into a poor family in 1913, Camus lost his father in the Battle of the Marne in 1916. He was raised by his mother, who worked as a charlady and was illiterate. Winning a scholarship, Camus eventually began a career as a journalist. As a youth, he was a keen footballer as well as being a member of a theatrical troupe.

Ba Jin obituary - The Guardian

catch — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 16:31:16 +0000

Ba Jin:Chinese writer who made the journey from anarchism to Mao and back again

B. Traven – An Anti-Biography

Ret Marut — Tue, 22 May 2007 00:24:36 +0000

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B. TRAVEN – AN ANTI-BIOGRAPHY

“The biography of a creative man is completely unimportant.” – B. Traven

Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924

Joseph K. — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:53:12 +0000

“Our laws are not generally known; they are kept secret by the small group of nobles who rule us … for the laws were made to the advantage of the nobles from the very beginning, they themselves stand above the laws” (Kafka, The Problem of Our Laws)

TV bosses bank scripts due to writers strike threat

Steven. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:14:38 +0000

Carl DiOrio and Nellie Andreeva reported on Backstage.com that the fledgling plan represents what a key management insider described as "phase one" of studio strike preparations. It's considered more important for TV execs than those in film to get a jump on planning for a possible writers walkout - the current WGA contract expires Oct.

Bevington, Louisa Sarah, 1845-1895

Steven. — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:14:16 +0000

Louisa Bevington was born into a Quaker family on 18th May 1845, in St. John’s Hill, Battersea. The occupation of her father was described as a “gentleman”. She was the oldest of eight children, seven of whom were girls. She started writing verse at an early age.

Glaser, Georg Katharina, 1910-1995

Steven. — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 10:28:31 +0000

Georg Katharina Glaser
Born Georg Kreuz Glaser, 30 June 1910 – Germany, died 18 January 1995 - Paris

Georg was born on 30th June 1910, Guntersblum, Rheinhesse, Germany. Georg later changed his middle name which means Cross to that of Katharina in honour of his beloved mother.