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Astrid Bas Diptych: The Lover and La Musica Deuxième
Astrid Bas: Diptych, The Lover and La Musica Deuxième, faithfully takes some of the most memorable passages of Duras on love, desire, and her youth from The Lover (1984) and pairs it with her play La Musica Deuxième (1985), a piece exploring the end of love as a soon-to-be divorced couple takes leave of... »
Love and Lightning: Toni Morrison’s “Love”
His soft eyes stare out invitingly from the portrait above the bed, but his lips aren’t talking. Bill Cosey has been dead for 25 years. And women in the small town of Silk are still scratching at each other over him. Toni Morrison paints a disturbing, delicate, and erotic portrait of female friendship in Love, her... »