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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1982
Page
7
A lighthearted critique suggests hiring TV previewers to summarize literature in one or two sentences. It cites examples like Moby Dick Hamlet and The Great Gatsby with terse, in some cases irreverent summaries, highlighting brevity and punch over full analysis.
An invited local column lists popular books and authors with humorous commentary. Notable titles include The Grapes of Wrath, Tess of the d Urbervilles, Catch 22, The Holy Bible, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, How to Win Friends and Influence People, Mein Kampf, The Old Man and the Sea, The Republic, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Faust, Das Kapital, An American Tragedy, Tom Jones, Cyrano de Bergerac, Jaws, The Three Musketeers, Sonnets From the Portuguese, and The Odyssey, with brief, playful notes on each.
Robert A. Hintz Jr assistant professor at Coe College writes that the Oakdale Iowa Security Medical Facility music program led by Julia Amada-Adams offers residents a voluntary Broadway based production path. He notes the benefit of participation for rehabilitation and urges readers to contact officials to preserve the program.
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