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“Plainsong” is the silver spur of a trio of new American plays now being presented simultaneously by the Denver Center Theatre Company. Individually, each works in its own way and for its own ...
Before she would take what was to become the jacket photo of Kent Haruf on his acclaimed third novel “Plainsong,” his wife, Cathy, made him press his shirt pockets. He is most comfortab… ...
“Plainsong” deals with familiar themes: loss of innocence (in this case, that of the Guthrie boys and the McPherons, perhaps 60 years their senior), endurance of hardship and cruelty, finding ...
“Plainsong” centers on a single father of two boys, and a pregnant teen taken in by two gruff, never- married old cattle ranchers living just outside the fictional town of Holt.
To scoffers who attacked my native Midwest, mostly back in college days, I would quote Adlai Stevenson: "In quiet places, reason abounds." It seemed a succinct defense of small-town America. In ...
"Plainsong" by Kent Haruf. New York, NY: Knopf, 1999. The simple wisdom of Kent Haruf's "Plainsong" is revealed in the choral cast of characters. The interwoven stories stay with the reader long ...
The singer opted for the Disintegration opening track over "Lovesong," which he wrote for the couple's 1988 nuptials. Robert Smith Sings “Plainsong” to His Wife During The Cure Concert: Watch ...
In addition to being the adapter of "Plainsong," McKeon plays the story's protagonist -- a high school teacher whose wife collapses under the weight of depression.
This melancholy tone poem 'Plainsong' is from our forthcoming album entitled 'Reimagined'. This is the third release from the trio and it furthers our exploration of the European-influenced modern ...
The recent National Book Awards took a lot of people by surprise. Many of the nominees were authors and books that weren’t exactly at the top of the best-seller lists. Likewise, not very many… ...