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Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller wrote Catch-22 (1961), the darkly comic World War II novel whose title became a common term for a no-win situation. The novel's protagonist, Yossarian, wants to stop flying combat…

Lost & Found

Director: Jeff PollackWriters: J.B. Cook, Marc Meeks and David SpadeWarner Bros.; PG-13; 114 minutesRelease:4/99Cast: David Spade, Sophie Marceau, Patrick Bruel, Artie Lange Saturday Night…

Bounce

Director/Writer:Don RoosMiramax Films; 102 minutes; PG-13Release:11/00Cast:Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton Recently retired real-life couple Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow team up…

Not-so-Jolly Old Elves

Tim Allen puts on a few pounds for his new job in The Santa Clause. The anti-Santa—depressed and grouchy—is another way Hollywood has skewered the big guy for the sardonic pleasure of…

The Last Days of Disco

Director/Writer/Producer: Whit Stillman Director of Photography: John Thomas Editors: Andrew Hafitz and Jay Pires Music Mark Suozzo Production Designer: Ginger Tougas…

Amis, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Amis, Martin Amis, Martin āˈmĭs [key], 1949–2023, English novelist; son of Kingsley Amis. The younger Amis, who turned from literary journalism to fiction, invites…

A. E. Housman: Introduction

Introduction The method of the poems in A Shropshire Lad illustrates better than any theory how poetry may assume the attire of reality, and yet in speech of the simplest, become in spirit…

Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett

(Encyclopedia) Bierce, Ambrose GwinettBierce, Ambrose Gwinettămˈbrōz gwĭnĕtˈ bĭrs [key], 1842–1914?, American satirist, journalist, and short-story writer, b. Meigs co., Ohio. He fought with extreme…

Stevens, Thaddeus

(Encyclopedia) Stevens, Thaddeus, 1792–1868, U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1849–53, 1859–68), b. Danville, Vt. He taught in an academy at York, Pa., studied law, and was admitted to the bar…