Writer

Amanda Schaffer

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The Heart of the Matter

Two years ago, when Dana Gioia published the title essay to his collection Can Poetry Matter? in the Atlantic Monthly,


Laughing at the Klan

In a week in which the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan may well become governor of Louisiana,


An Enchanted Evening

In the depths of the Adams House basement, Austin Grossman shares his vision of one man's mid-life crisis. His humorous,


No Sex Please, We're Athenian

Imagine ancient Athens with a dash of Mae West, ancient Sparta with a touch of Katherine Hepburn, the Pelopanesian War


Innovative Menagerie

To the backdrop of "hot swing music and liquor...and movies," the Working Title Repertory Company has presented a remarkable production