[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Public Library: Meet Professionals in Theater and Filmmaking

[Donald Boozer]

This week's posting from the Literature Department at Cleveland Publi=
c Library allows you to get acquainted (or reacquainted) with a numbe=
r of performing arts professionals.
The Literature Department is located on the second floor of the Main =
Library, downtown Cleveland, at East Sixth Street and Superior Avenue=
. Click on the link provided to access the library=92s catalog to res=
erve any of these titles. For more information, visit our location, c=
all 216-623-2881, or email us at =93literature <at> cpl.org.=94


Women in American Theatre.
Edited by Helen Krich Chindy and Linda Walsh Jenkins.
(Revised and expanded third edition)
Theatre Communications Group, 2006.
(PN2286.8 .W66 2006)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D1559362634
(Link includes cover art and publisher's description)
"This new edition of Women in American Theatre, the first full-scale =
revision since 1987, collects interviews and essays that explore and =
celebrate the complete spectrum of women's contribution to the theatr=
e field..." -- from the back cover


Speaking in Images: Interviews with Contemporary Chinese Filmmakers.
Michael Berry.
Columbia University Press, 2005.
(PN1993.5.C4 B49 2005)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0231133316
(Link includes online art, summary, and table of contents)
This book "offers an engaging and rare collection of interviews with =
the directors who have changed the face of Chinese and international =
cinema." -- from the back cover

Amercian Jewish Filmmakers.
David Desser and Lester D. Friedman.
(Second edition)
University of Illinois Press, 2004.
(PN1998.2 .D47 2004)
http://www.cpl.org/cgi-bin/lookup.pl?isbn=3D0252071530
(Link includes cover art, summary, and table of contents)
"Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Sidney Lumet, and Paul Mazursky, all sons o=
f East European Jews, remain among the most prominent contemporary Am=
erican film directors. In this revised, updated second edition...[the=
 authors] demonstrate how the Jewish experience gives rise to an inti=
mately linked series of issues in the films of these and other signif=
icant Jewish directors." -- from the back cover


Remember, books highlighted here can be borrowed through any CLEVNET =
library with the touch of a button. Whether you're from Shaker Height=
s, Cleveland, Peninsula, or Twinsburg, just place a hold through the =
link provided and choose your library as the pickup location.
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Donald Boozer, Literature Department
Cleveland Public Library
325 Superior Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44114
donald.boozer at cpl.org
216-623-2881 / 216-623-7050 (fax)
http://www.cpl.org