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1. Looking for Citizen Welles.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
YOUNG Orson: The Years of Luck & Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane (Book), ORSON Welles: One-Man Band (Book), MCGILLIGAN, Patrick, CALLOW, Simon, CHIMES at Midnight (Film), WELLES, Orson, 1915-1985
Published
2016

2. Discovering Orson Welles.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
TOO Much Johnson (Film), MY Lunches With Orson: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom & Orson Welles (Book), ORSON Welles in Italy (Book), ANILE, Alberto, BISKIND, Peter, WELLES, Orson, 1915-1985
Abstract

The article reviews a film and two books which include "Too Much Johnson" directed by Orson Welles, "My Lunches with Orson: Conversations between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles" edited by Peter Biskind and "Orson Welles in Italy" by Alberto Anile and translated by Marcus Perryman respectively.

Published
2013

3. Taking Reality by Surprise.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION picture industry
Abstract

Focuses on film and books about the cinema industry. "The Dreamers," directed by Bernardo Bertolucci; "The Dreamers," by Gilbert Adair; "Afterglow: A Last Conversation with Pauline Kael," by Frances Davis.

Published
2004

4. The Passionate Egoist.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Voyage That Never Ends: Fictions, Poems, Fragments, Letters," by Malcolm Lowry and edited by Michael Hofmann.

Published
2008

5. Parables of a Violent World.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*AUTHORS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews books "Europe Central," by William T. Vollmann and "Expelled From Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader," by Larry McCaffery and Michael Hemmingson.

Published
2005

6. Keeping the reader alive.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
REMEMBERING Randall (Book), NO Other Book (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `Remembering Randall: A Memoir of Poet, Critic, and Teacher Randall Jarrell,' by Mary von Schrader Jarrell and `No Other Book: Selected Essays,' by Randall Jarrell.

Published
1999

7. Tight little hand.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
SPELL, The (Book), ENGLAND, England (Book : Barnes)
Abstract

Reviews the books, `The Spell,' by Alan Hollingburst and `England, England,' by Julian Barnes.

Published
1999

8. The art of losing.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
EVENING (Book), MODEL Behavior (Book), EVOLUTION of Jane, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `Evening,' by Susan Minot, `Model Behavior,' by Jay McInerney, and `The Evolution of Jane,' by Cathleen Schine.

Published
1999

9. On the love boat.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Reviews the books `Identity,' by Milan Kundera, `The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto,' by Mario Vargas Llosa, `A Lover's Almanac,' by Maureen Howard, and `The Red Hat,' by John Bayley.

Published
1998

10. Revisiting Lolita.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION pictures
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture `Lolita,' directed by Adrian Lyne.

Published
1998

11. Looking good.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Reviews the books `Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood,' by Todd McCarthy, `Who the Devil Made It,' by Peter Bogdanovich, `The Big Sleep,' by David Thomson, and `Howard Hawks American Artist,' edited by Jim Hillier and Peter Wollen.

Published
1997

12. Horror of horrors.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION pictures
Abstract

Reviews the books `Dolores Claiborne' and `Rose Madder,' both by Stephen King and the motion picture `Dolores Claiborne,' directed by Taylor Hackford.

Published
1995

13. Life studies.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Reviews two books by Toni Morrison. Her new novel `Jazz,' and the collection of her Harvard lectures compiled in `Pla ying in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination.'

Published
1992

14. Dog Days.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
AMORES Perros (Film)
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture 'Amores Perros,' starring Emilio Echevarria and directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga.

Published
2001

15. The Question of Shakespeare's Prejudices.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews several books including "Shakespeare, Sex and Love," by Stanley Wells, "Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets: A New Commentary," by Don Paterson and "The Tainted Muse: Prejudice and Presumption in Shakespeare and His Time," by Robert Brustein.

Published
2011

16. The Victorious Servant.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*DEMOCRACY, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Parrot and Olivier in America," by Peter Carey.

Published
2010

17. The Far Side of Fiction.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews two books on fictional literature, including "A Temple of Texts," by William H. Gass and "The Tunnel: An Audio Book," by William H. Gass.

Published
2006

18. Experience's Ghosts.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the fiction books 'The Story of Our Lives, With the Monument and the Late Hour,' by Mark Strand and 'Looking for Poetry: Poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade and Rafael Alberti and Songs From the Quechua,' translated by Mark Strand.

Published
2003

19. Girls with Green Hair.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several fiction books. 'Portrait in Sepia,' by Isabel Allende; 'Leaving Tabasco,' by Carmen Boullosa; 'Nocturnal Butterflies of the Russian Empire,' by José Manuel Prieto; 'Our Lady of the Assassins,' by Fernando Vallejo.

Published
2002

20. Nabokov on the Wing.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
DEAR Bunny, Dear Volodya (Book), NABOKOV'S Blues (Book), NABOKOV'S Butterflies (Book), VERA (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books 'Dear Bunny, Dear Volodya: The Nabokov-Wilson Letters, 1940-1971' edited by Simon Karlinsky, 'Nabokov's Blues: The Scientific Odyssey of a Literary Genius,' by Kurt Johnson and Steve Coates, 'Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings,' edited by Brian Biyd and Robert Michael Pyle and 'Vera (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov),' by Stacy Schiff.

Published
2001

21. Eyes wide open.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
WHY Read the Classics? (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Why Read the Classics?,' by Italo Calvino.

Published
2000

22. Perseverance to the point of madness.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
CHARLIE Chaplin & His Times (Book), TRAMP (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `Charlie Chaplin and His Times,' by Kenneth S. Lynn, and `Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin,' by Joyce Milton.

Published
1997

23. John Wayne agonistes.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION picture actors & actresses, BIOGRAPHIES
Abstract

Reviews the book `John Wayne's America: The Politics of Celebrity,' by Garry Wills.

Published
1997

24. Hollywood: Money that dreams can't buy.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
MONSTER: Living off the Big Screen (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Monster: Living Off the Big Screen,' by John Gregory Dunne.

Published
1997

25. Other people's wives.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
JOHN'S Wife (Book), DEBT to Pleasure, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `John's Wife,' by Robert Coover and `The Debt to Pleasure,' by John Lancaster.

Published
1996

26. Stumbles and mumbles.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*MOTION pictures
Abstract

Reviews the books `Brando: Songs My Mother Taught Me,' by Marlon Brando with Robert Lindsey, `Brando: The Biography,' by Peter Manso, and the motion picture `Don Juan DeMarco,' written and directed by Jeremy Leven.

Published
1995

27. Lost paradise.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
CULTURE & Imperialism (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Culture and Imperialism,' by Edward W. Said. Involvement of culture in the creation of empires; British imperialism and effects on culture.

Published
1994

28. Outside the shady octopus saloon.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BOOKS, REVIEWS
Abstract

Reviews two poetry books. John Ashbery's `Hotel Lautreamont,' and `The Man With Night Sweats,' by Thom Gunn.

Published
1993

31. The Fat Man's Vengeance.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*PHYSICISTS, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Solar," by Ian McEwan.

Published
2010

32. A Passage to England.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*AUTHORSHIP, *ESSAYS, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Changing My Mind: Occasional Essays," by Zadie Smith.

Published
2010

33. What Happened at Gordita Beach?

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*PRIVATE investigators, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Inherent Vice," by Thomas Pychon.

Published
2009

34. The Not-So-Good Cop.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*CRIME, *NONFICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Crime," by Irvine Welsh.

Published
2009

35. The Power of the Prickly Pear.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*POLITICAL science, *FICTION
Abstract

The article reviews the book "The Eagle's Throne," by Carlos Fuentes and translated by Kristina Cordero.

Published
2007

36. Don't Cry for Me, Guatemala.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BILOCATION, *FICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "The Divine Husband," by Francisco Goldman.

Published
2005

37. The lying game.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
TAILOR of Panama, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Tailor of Panama,' by John le Carre.

Published
1996

38. Up to the minutiae.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
SIZE of Thoughts, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Size of Thoughts: Essays and Other Lumber,' by Nicholson Baker.

Published
1996

39. Terror in the mountains.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
DEATH in the Andes (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Death in the Andes,' by Mario Vargas Llosa and translated by Edith Grossman. Detective fiction in Spain; Synopsis of the story.

Published
1996

40. God's country.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
IN the Beauty of the Lilies (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `In the Beauty of the Lillies,' by John Updike.

Published
1996

41. Sleepless nights.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
UNCONSOLED, The (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `The Unconsoled,' by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Published
1995

42. Free of the bad old world.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
NONE to Accompany Me (Book), REREADING Nadine Gordimer (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `None to Accompany Me,' by Nadine Gordimer and `Rereading Nadine Gordimer,' by Kathrin Wagner.

Published
1994

43. Agile among the tombs.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
ROAD to San Giovanni, The (Book), PRIMA Che Tu Dica `Pronto' (Book), SIX Memos for the Next Millennium (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `The Road to San Giovanni,' by Italo Calvino, translated by Tim Parks, `Prima che tu dica `Pronto',' by Italo Calvino and `Six Memos for the Next Millennium,' by Italo Calvino. Focus on writer Italo Calvino's Charles Eliot Norton Lectures given at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Calvino's father and his passion for their farm in the hills above the house.

Published
1994

44. The postman always rings twice.

Author

Wood, Michael

Subjects
*BOOKS, *MOTION pictures
Abstract

Reviews the motion picture `The Postman (Il Postino),' directed by Michael Radford and the book `The Postman,' by Antonio Skarmeta.

Published
1996

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