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Rose Solari

Author. Poet. Playwright

Letters From Rose

July 17, 2008 Letters From Rose

Letter from Lakefield

Letter from Lakefield: Discovering Margaret Laurence If, like me, you mourn our current era of conglomerate “book” stores, you’re probably always on the hunt for a good independent bookseller. Here in Lakefield, Ontario, I’ve found a jewel: a small, quirky shop called HappenStance Books & Yarns. Yes, that’s what they sell – books and knitting…

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July 17, 2008 Letters From Rose

Review of Macbeth at the Folger

Worth Standing For: Macbeth at the Folger Theatre I realize that it’s probably unfair to give a rave review to a show that is completely sold out through its already–extended run. But the production of Macbeth currently running at the Folger Theatre is so exciting, innovative, and spectacularly good that it’s well worth a standing–room…

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March 27, 2008 Letters From Rose

Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life

Thoughts on the Exhibition, Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005, 10/13/2007 to 1/13/2008, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC It has been a week since I’ve seen it, but I still can’t get the Annie Leibovitz exhibit out of my head. This comes as a surprise to me, considering that I wasn’t that interested…

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January 18, 2008 Letters From Rose

Review of Into the Wild; Matter of Taste

Getting it Right: Sean Penn’s film, Into the Wild It’s always tough to see a movie based on a book you love. Jon Krakauer’s “Into the Wild” was my first encounter with this writer, and I was knocked out by his careful reporting and graceful, honest prose, as well as by the story he told….

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October 8, 2007 Letters From Rose

Intro to In the Mix: Poems by David Pike

The following is an introduction I wrote to a terrific collection of poems, “In the Mix,” by British writer David Pike. I met David on my U.K. book tour last year – he runs a lively reading series in Swindon that I was very happy to take part in, and puts out a poetry magazine…

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December 5, 2006 Letters From Rose

It’s All in the Game: My Affair with Footballer’s Wives

It’s All in the Game: My Affair with Footballer’s Wives I’d like to be able to say that it was all about being a sports fan. I’d like to tell you that I decided to follow an entire season of the weekly BBC drama, Footballer’s Wives, in order to help me better appreciate the travails…

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