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    May 31, 2011 |Story| Aberdeen News

  1. Today in history: May 31

    1790: President George Washington signed into law the first U.S. copyright act.1941: ''Tobacco Road,'' a play about an impoverished Southern family based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell, closed on Broadway after a run of 3,182 performances. 1944: The...

    Tags: South Dakota, George Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

    2. Jun 3, 2010 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. A reading list for freshmen

    The leap from eighth grade to high school can be a difficult one, but it can be made easier with the help of a good book. We asked several notables to recommend a good summertime read for incoming high school freshmen. Their suggestions:
    The leap from eighth grade to high school can be a difficult one, but it can be made easier with the help of a good book. We asked several notables to recommend a good summertime read for incoming high school freshmen. Their suggestions: 1. Rennie...

    Tags: Dana Delany, Sports, Jerry Springer, Education, Politics

    3. Sep 3, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Summer reading: Kevin Sampsell on Padgett Powell

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    Kevin Sampsell is the author, most recently, of "A Common Pornography," part memoir, part loosely structured snapshots of growing up in the 1970s and '80s. The book's layers also explore dark, long-kept family secrets that emerged after his estranged...
    4. May 29, 2010 | Chicago Tribune

  4. 'Tobacco Road' by American Blues: Laboring to find the real play under Depression-era dirt

    The Theater Loop
    THEATER REVIEW: "Tobacco Road" ★★★ Through June 20 in the Richard Christiansen Theater at the Biograph, 2433 N. Lincoln Ave.; Running time: 2 hours; Tickets: $32-$40 at 773-871-3000 or www.americanbluestheater.com. With Suzanne Petri, Gwendolyn...
    5. Oct 8, 2008 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 'Tobacco Road' at La Jolla Playhouse

    WHEN "Tobacco Road" premiered on Broadway in 1933, it pushed the envelope with its unsavory depiction of rural poverty. Would theatergoers looking for a fun night out want to have their noses rubbed in the degrading conditions of destitute Georgia sharecroppers? As it turned out, the middle class had a real appetite for this sort of filthy fingernail naturalism.
    Times Theater Critic
    WHEN "Tobacco Road" premiered on Broadway in 1933, it pushed the envelope with its unsavory depiction of rural poverty. Would theatergoers looking for a fun night out want to have their noses rubbed in the degrading conditions of destitute Georgia...

    Tags: Georgia, Kirkland's Inc., Theater, Family, Harold Clurman

    6. Apr 12, 1987 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 'Texasville' by Larry McMurtry

    Welcome back to Thalia, seat of Hardtop County, Tex., where the terrain is so flat that the net at the municipal tennis court forms a skyline. Readers of Larry McMurtry's "The Last Picture Show" will be surprised to hear that Thalia has anything so grand...

    Tags: Carroll Baker, Sports, Crimes, Death, Hobbies

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