“Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.” AmericaNationsGreaterPromiseOfficeCommitmentOptimismPerformancesCurrentsRanContrastPlatformsAbandonmentPledgeBrighterBrighter Days Author:David Limbaugh
“Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.” I CanTwoEndsAmericaPerfectRolesPerformancesTransformationPoundsCaptainsCastingRogerBefore And AfterDivulge Author:Joe Johnston
“It's partly the Southernization of America, in that the Southern working-class version of redneck is becoming the national version, and it's good-natured, it has humor and, in some ways, it's a performance.” WayAmericaClassBecomingPerformancesVersionsSouthernWorking ClassPartingRedneck Author:Robert Charles Wilson
“'Everything beautiful occurs when the body / is suspended,' Helena Mesa quotes a performance artist who hangs his own pierced body in the air. Mesa's poems are artfully suspended between lyric and narrative, between humans and animals, between Latin America and the U.S., between desire and the difficulty of its fulfillment. Horse Dance Underwater is an inventive, musical, and powerful debut.” HumansBodyAmericaBeautifulDesireArtistAnimalPowerfulAirPerformancesHorseDifficultyMusicalNarrativeFulfillmentLatinLatin AmericaSuspendedDebutUnderwaterHumans And Animals Author:Mark Doty