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“Men Behaving Oddly”

July 19, 2009 By Professor Arielle Saiber

amateur-barbarians-robert-cohen“Robert Cohen’s Amateur Barbarians raises the question of whether the novel of male midlife crisis is suffering a midlife crisis of its own. . .
If we exempt from consideration the Dante of The Divine Comedy, who finds himself lost in dark woods and shortly thereafter enters the Inferno (this remains preferable to joining a men’s group), writers have been making narratives of midlife crisis since the ’60s, when an increasing level of economic prosperity and a loosening level of morality freed men to stare rapturously into their navels.” [. . .]    –Will Blythe, The New York Times, July 16, 2009

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2009, Dark Wood, Fiction, Humor, Journalism, Novels, Reviews

Ruth Virkus and Brenna Jones, “Dawn’s Inferno — A Divine Comedy” (2009)

July 2, 2009 By Professor Arielle Saiber

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“Midway through her life’s journey, Dawn Ahlgren finds herself in a dark wood… Darkwood, Minnesota. Returning to her hometown for her 10 year high school reunion, Dawn finds herself trapped in the Inferno Bar and Grill, surrounded by classmates determined to prove that hell is indeed other people.
The Flowershop Project, a new theater company based in Minneapolis, is excited to be premiering this original script by company members Brenna Jones and Ruth Virkus. Featuring an original soundtrack by SvenErik Olsen, and based on The Inferno by Dante Alighieri, Dawn’s Inferno is an innovative and hilarious update of Dante’s classic trip through Hell, re-invented as another kind of divine comedy.”    —The Flower Shop Project

Categories: Performing Arts
Tagged with: 2009, Dark Wood, Humor, Inferno, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Theater

Francine Rivers, “Redeeming Love” (2007)

December 12, 2008 By Professor Arielle Saiber

francine-rivers-redeeming-love-2007The beginning of Chapter 11 begins, “In the middle of the journey of our life, I came to myself in a dark wood.”

Contributed by Mary Scott George

Categories: Written Word
Tagged with: 2007, Dark Wood, Fiction, Inferno, Love, Nel Mezzo del Cammin, Novels

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