my bedside

[bix02138]

these are what currently inform my dreams.



reading list · sunday, september 21, 2008

from the top:
the abstinence teacher, by tom perrotta · just finished
etiquette and vitriol: the food chain and other plays, by nicky silver · read
the brief wondrous life of oscar wao, by junot diaz · in progress
boeing-boeing (a farce), by marc camoletti · read
lady windermere's fan, by oscar wilde · read
more ten-minute plays from the actors' theatre of louisville · read
stone cold dead serious: and other plays, by adam rapp · waiting to be read
christopher durang: twenty-seven short plays, by · in progress

Comments

Is this a meme?

[tkn1114.livejournal.com]

otherwise, I'm gonna have to ask you to book report each one! :-)

It's a twin bed?

re: is this a meme?

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

it's not a meme;

they're all good books and/or plays (boeing-boeing, for all its current success on broadway, is horribly dated);

it's not a twin bed.

Re: is this a meme?

[tkn1114.livejournal.com]

. Ok. Just checking.
. I'm gonna revisit boeing boeing because of you. What about 3 changes that's getting a beating right now?
. Then, is is King? Or Queen? :-)

re: is this a meme?

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

it could be a meme if you like.

well, i did say it's dated. as for three changes, i haven't read it.

the bed is a queen.

Re: is this a meme?

[tkn1114.livejournal.com]

. I hate memes. It rhymes with lames :-0) except when you do it. Cuz I love you (swoon swoon)
. turbillion whom I also love went to see 3 Changes and wrote a scathing review re: it. I trust him. Plus, I'm not a big fan of anyone named Nicky and then Silver or Gold afterwards. It's too gimmicky, don't you think? btw, I have a reading on Nov 12 here. It would be lovely if you could come down.
. I have a king (bed), my queen :-) And no, I do not mean to imply I want to lure you into it.

[mondragon.livejournal.com]

Are you loving Oscar Wao? I am.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

i am, though i've literally just started it (the queus of books was long). pic of junot diaz and my pal grant here (http://bix02138.livejournal.com/332069.html); he's very engaging up close and a very entertaining speaker.

[mondragon.livejournal.com]

His writing is _so_ domincan, I bet he's got a big fat one.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

dic(k)tionary?

[austinlb.livejournal.com]

excellent list -- and so many plays! I love to read 'em. You'd like Paula Vogel, if she isn't already on the list or already digested...
Perrotta is the American Balzac as far as I'm concerned.

[bix02138.livejournal.com]

paula vogel goes on the list, thanks!

i may have lost my mind by reading durang and silver at the same time; bookending that experiment was a production of sister mary ignatius explains it all for you in august and an upcoming emerson stage production of pterodactyls.

i got through the abstinence teacher in three nights, and enjoyed it. i had the pleasure of working with tom in a couple of workshops here at w.g.u.™, and not only is his work really delightful but he's a great person. i am very, very happy for his success.