Books by Anna Deavere Smith and Complete Book Reviews
Anna Deavere Smith, Author Random House (NY) $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-375-50150-0
Catapulted to national prominence for her virtuosic one-woman show, Twilight, Los Angeles: 1992, actress and playwright Smith struck a nerve impersonating (based on her own interviews) scores of participants and bystanders in the 1992 riot following
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Anna Deavere Smith, Author . Anchor $13 (227p) ISBN 978-1-4000-3238-9
Actor and playwright Smith casts her reflections on the creative process, the artist's life and the acting profession as a series of brief letters addressed to a fictitious teenager. Defining artist
broadly, Smith (Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
)
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Paula Cizmar et al., performed by Shannon Holt et al. L.A. Theatre Works, 2 CDs, 2 hrs., $29.95 ISBN 978-1-68266-041-6
This superb production of a play written by seven women is performed by seven actors portraying seven contemporary real-life women leaders from seven countries: Nigeria, Cambodia, Argentina, Northern Ireland, Afghanistan, Russia, and Pakistan. The...
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