Essays

Vorwort
We will hire a professional publicist to solicit early reviews in prominent media outlets, and promote this title for television and radio programs, including those with national reach, such as New York magazine, The Charlie Rose show, Late Night with David Letterman, national NPR, Oprah, and others. We will solicit blurbs from some of Shawn's many renowned admirers. We plant to hold large book events in Los Angeles, New York City, and potentially other large cities. Shawn's work from Hollywood to Broadway has gained a committed and diverse range of audiences; our marketing strategy will reflect this fact.

Autorentext
Wallace Shawn is an Obie Award-winning playwright and a noted stage and screen actor. His plays The Designated Mourner and The Fever have recently been produced as films, and his translation of Threepenny Opera was recently performed on Broadway. He is co-author of My Dinner with Andre, and the author of The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, among other works.

Klappentext

Shawn's essays are both powerful and riveting. How rare to encounter someone willing to question the assumptions of class and the disparity of wealth that grows wider every year in this country.--Michael Moore, filmmaker.

Zusammenfassung
Probing essays and observations by acclaimed actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, in his first nonfiction collection.