{"product_id":"thinking-about-the-longstanding-problems-of-virtue-essays-a-play-two-poems-and-a-prayer-paperback","title":"Thinking about the Longstanding Problems of Virtue: Essays, a Play, Two Poems and a Prayer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of writings from the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume by Tony Kushner features the play \u003ci\u003eSlavs \u003c\/i\u003e, a \"comic, mordant and marvelously provocative\" look at the crumbling of the Soviet Union (\u003ci\u003eSF Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), as well as several essays, two poems and a prayer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Kushner is an intense and poetical writer, a great shaper of words.\" -Laurie Winer, \u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tony Kushner is drunk on ideas, on language, on the possibility of changing the world. His talent and his heart and his head are incendiary, combustible, explosive, heartbreakingly vital and on-target. This extraordinary new compendium contains enough haunting notions to keep anyone who cares sleepless for eternity. I want everyone to read him and listen to him and, yes goddamnit, think about what he says.\" -Larry Kramer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Terrific: his riff on the political and the personal, the theater of the ridiculous and the theater of the fabulous, synthesizes humor and commitment into wisdom.\" -\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Tony Kushner's \u003ci\u003eSlavs \u003c\/i\u003e just might be the best out-take of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play ever written.\" -Greg Evans, \u003ci\u003eVariety\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bracing...original...rambunctiously funny...seriously moving...part buffoonish burlesque and part tragic satire...Mr. Kushner's words dazzle, sting and prompt belly laughs.\" -Vincent Canby, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from the play by Pierre Corneille; \u003ci\u003eSlavs \u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Caroline, or Change\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e and for Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar\u003c\/i\u003e, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and \u003ci\u003eWrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.\u003cbr\u003eAmong many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTony Kushner\u003c\/b\u003e's plays include \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHydriotaphia, or the Death of Dr. Brown\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion\u003c\/i\u003e, adapted from the play by Pierre Corneille; \u003ci\u003eSlavs!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eA Bright Room Called Day\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHomebody\/Kabul\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Caroline, or Change\u003c\/i\u003e, a musical with composer Jeanine Tesori; and \u003ci\u003eThe Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplays for Mike Nichols's film of \u003ci\u003eAngels in America\u003c\/i\u003e and for Steven Spielberg's \u003ci\u003eMunich\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include\u003ci\u003e The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present; Brundibar\u003c\/i\u003e, with illustrations by Maurice Sendak; and \u003ci\u003eWrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, co-edited with Alisa Solomon.\u003cbr\u003eAmong many honors, Kushner is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, two Tony Awards, three Obie Awards, two Evening Standard Awards, an Olivier Award, an Emmy Award, two Oscar nominations, and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2012, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts by President Barack Obama. He lives in Manhattan with his husband, Mark Harris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.42 x 5.28 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771554824480,"sku":"9781559361002","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/361b758fbceb8eb6903e2cd09286d2e7.webp?v=1780388293","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/thinking-about-the-longstanding-problems-of-virtue-essays-a-play-two-poems-and-a-prayer-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}