Unusual New Novels From Jack Matthews and Susan Sontag
Robert L Powers reviews Jack Matthews Hanger Stout Awake and Susan Sontag Death Kit. Matthews’s novel follows Clyde Stout a teen with a rare athletic talent and good character amid small joys and troubles, drawing praise from the Times. Sontag’s Death Kit blends reality and dream as Diddy Harron confronts a killing on a train and the mystery shrouding his confession, with strong praise for Sontag’s craft.
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Diddy) Harron
New York
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Baedecker Plays Many Roles As Ohio Lawyer In Drama
Harold Baedecker, a 61 year old Ohio lawyer, moonlights as various personas like a nobleman, horseman, playboy, or professor. This week he appears as a lawyer in the production of A View From the Bridge, mimicking a range of characters in a theater style masquerade.
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Harold Baedecker
Baedecker
Starrs and Visitors Span Local Social Circle
Akron residents and relatives visited over the weekend with Eggleston Turners and other local families. Catherine Barton vacationed with George and Edith Carter in Springfield, while Charlene Carter toured California with Marguerite Fuller. The article also notes Baedecker's long theater involvement with OVST and his lead role at Monomoy Theater this summer, with the final week schedule listing The Skin of Our Teeth.
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Monomoy Theater
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Bardecker
Stuff Whole Fish and Playbill Dates Highlight Baedecker Season
From a cookery note on stuffing whole fish with crabmeat to a theater calendar, Baedecker lists a string of plays for the week ending with A View From the Bridge on August 20. The August 20 show closes Baedecker's 17th OVST season as he eyes the 18th.
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Baedecker
Teussing a chicken before sim mering in water
A brief note suggests soaking a chicken prior to simmering in water to preserve plump shapeliness.
Albany Social News Recaps Local Travel and Leave Dates
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Heaper returned from a trip through the east visiting Ocean City Skyline Drive and other spots. Harold Morse and family report a Virginia Beach and Washington DC vacation. Vaughn Chase and family spent a week at their trailer on the Chase farm. Clyde Hooper and Ronnie Hooper joined to celebrate W C Trainer s 89th birthday in Galena. Trainer is a former Albany mayor. John Goodin is on 2 day Army leave with parents in Albany before returning to San Francisco. Jerry Turner on leave from Texas Army base visits his parents. Sue Anderson of Lodi spent a weekend with her mother Jean Anderson and Waldo Poston. she studies at the University of Akron. James Ator and Maryland-based sons visited Harold Ator and family.
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