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Unlike most crime writing, it holds us all accountable. Penguin I have two fears about books focusing on violent crimes, particularly those involving violence against women: (1) that the book will sensationalize sexual violence, and (2) that the book need never have been published, but could have accomplished its goals through a more modest vehicle—like […]
I HAVE TWO FEARS about books focusing on violent crimes, particularly those involving violence against women: (1) that the book will sensationalize sexual violence, and (2) that the book need never have been published, but could have accomplished its goals through a more modest vehicle—like a newspaper article. Seattle journalist Eli Sanders won a Pulitzer […]
Mercy Corps For Fertile Ground this year, Boom Arts programmed a one-time-only performance that, in combination with its pre-show lecture and post-show Q&A, felt more like a symposium on the Mediterranean Refugee Crisis than simply a play. The afternoon brought together a doctoral candidate from PSU working on migration; international development workers who had spent […]
Jordan Johnson Laura Dunn in Frankenstein: A Cabaret. Maggie Mascal’s and Laura Christina Dunn’s contribution to Fertile Ground, Frankenstein: A Cabaret, sounds like everything I want from a play: It’s creepy, it’s weird, it explores themes of gender and sexuality by adapting a well-known piece of literature with an almost exclusively female cast. Plus musical […]
CoHo Productions’ latest gets lost in its own madness.
BoomArts GO BEYOND THE HEADLINES: That’s BoomArts producer Ruth Wikler-Luker’s hope for Noise. At Fertile Ground, Boom Arts’ Noise in the Waters is an “opportunity for Portlanders who are both concerned about international issues and passionate about the arts to go beyond the headlines and delve deeper into a crucial current issue,” says producer Ruth […]
Denounced by the Vatican, the controversial playwright comes to Shaking the Tree.
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