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Description based upon print version of record Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; An Actor Chooses: An Interview with Nancy Piccione; Zillah, A Bright Room Called Day; Zillah, A Bright Room Called Day; Angel, Marisol; Phyllis, Fat Men in Skirts; Narrator, Tenement Lover; 1. "Listen to your nightmares."; Maria Josefa, The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa; Pooty, Reckless; Barbara, Three Hotels; Linda, Talk Radio; Female Greek Chorus (Aunt Mary), How I Learned to Drive; Emilia, Desdemona; Ludivinda, Tenement Lover; Helen, The End of the Day; Grady, April Snow; 2. "My life with him." Verona, Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third KingdomOlimpia, The Conduct of Life; Claudette, Drinks before Dinner; "Teenytown," Teenytown; Gorilla, WOMBmanWARs; 3. "Everything in its place."; Rachel, Reckless; Denise, Talk Radio; Hillary, Raised in Captivity; Popo, Fat Men in Skirts; Cc, The Vampires; Pat, The Vampires; 4. "Why don't you talk to a psychiatrist?"; Mags, Painting Churches; Flotilda, Live and in Color!; Shirley, Buck; 5. "My first masterpiece."; Masi, The Wash; Fanny, Painting Churches; Sapphire, WOMBmanWARs; Nadine, Still Life Doris, Don't You Ever Call Me Anything but Mother6. "Things you kids don't know."; Amanda, The Food Chain; Amanda, The Food Chain; Getting over Tom; April, Company; 7. "Are you alone?"; Elizabeth, The Art of Dining; Elizabeth, The Art of Dining; Chata, Roosters; "Pork," Teenytown; Cheryl, Still Life; 8. "The art of dining"; Mrs. Chan, As the Crow Flies; Sandra, As the Crow Flies; Old Woman, Tennessee; 9. "One home to the next."; Olivia, Approaching Zanzibar; Annulla, Annulla; Suzanne, Sleep Deprivation Chamber; Rosacoke, Early Dark; Fromme, Assassins; 10. "I thought my heart would burst." 1, JackHospice Worker, As Is; The Father; 11. He got sick; Paulinka, A Bright Room Called Day; Kate, Film Is Evil; Radio Is Good; Signe, Greensboro; Arlie, Getting Out; Arlene, Getting Out; 12. "Do business with the Devil"; Li'l Bit, How I Learned to Drive; Female Greek Chorus (Mother), How I Learned to Drive; Nan, The Film Society; Leticia, The Conduct of Life; 13. "What do you teach?"; Fanny, Painting Churches; Mae, The Oldest Profession; Edna, The Oldest Profession; 14. "Bring back memories!"; Barbara, Anteroom; Doris, The Loman Family Picnic; Ruth, And Baby Makes Seven 15. "You wait your whole life for something good to happen and then it does!"Harper, Angels in America: Perestroika; Jackie, No Mercy; Nena, The Conduct of Life; Celestina, Cloud Tectonics; 16. "Dreaming ahead."; World Without End; Deborah, The Model Apartment; Awilda, The Mojo and the Sayso; Lola, The Model Apartment; My Brazil; Marisol, Marisol; 17. "World without end."; Further Reading; About the Author |
