The more things change, the more they stay the same By Leigh E. Rich The more things change, the more they stay the same. I don’t mean to climb on my tattered feminist soapbox—$48 Victoria’s Secret bra in one hand, Zippo lighter in the other—but several recent news items, from the downright intolerable to the […]
06.12.2002
‘Eye on News’ campus news snippets By Leigh E. Rich Mile High mess. At least that’s what Eye would say. For those of you not in the know, the current parting of Auraria Parkway à la Moses isn’t merely another malevolent plot conjured by those nefarious T-Rex officials—it’s an evil ploy concocted by none other […]
06.07.2002
Author Carolyn Slaughter, Africa, come of age in memoir ‘Before the Knife’ By Leigh E. Rich Before the Knife: Memoirs of an African Childhood By Carolyn Slaughter Alfred a Knopf Inc. January 2002 Though born in India to English parents and admittedly influenced by American fiction, there could be no other homeland for novelist Carolyn […]
05.29.2002
Elvis Costello packs poetry into latest project By Leigh E. Rich Elvis Costello When I Was Cruel Island Grade: A Elvis Costello wants to be your spooky girlfriend. Oh, and he is. The barely month-old When I Was Cruel emulates Costello at his best—think My Aim Is True and Blood and Chocolate—and proves yet again […]
05.01.2002
All aboard the dissertation station By Leigh E. Rich (Text will be posted soon.) Rich, L. E. (2002, May 1). All aboard the dissertation station. CU-Denver Advocate. Second Place – Humorous Columns – Colorado Press Women – April 2003
05.01.2002
‘Be Not Nobody’ By Leigh E. Rich Vanessa Carlton Be Not Nobody A&M B Journalist and novelist Martha Gellhorn hated being referred to as Ernest Hemingway’s third wife—and for good reason. One of the first women to work as a war correspondent, the gutsy and talented Gellhorn began her career in 1937 during the Spanish […]
04.19.2002
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Giving peace a chance By Leigh E. Rich Kalandia, West Bank. “‘That’s him,’ the woman said, pointing over her grandchildren’s heads. I followed her finger to the wall, to the shooter’s photograph, saw his face for the first time, and sank into the couch. ‘He tried to kill someone,’ she said in an easy voice. […]
04.02.2002
Updated bloody tragedy a well done treat By Leigh E. Rich Scotland, Pa. Written and directed by Bill Morrissette Staring James LeGros, Maura Tierney, Christopher Walken Grade: A Scotland, Pa. is Shakespeare well done. Literally. A modern-day retelling of Macbeth set in the realm of hamburger griddles and deep fat fryers in 1972 rural Pennsylvania, […]
03.20.2002
‘Cake and Pie’ By Leigh E. Rich Lisa Loeb Cake and Pie A&M B+ With her new album, pop star Lisa Loeb has her cake and eats it, too. But unlike the Gen-X “Stay,” made popular by the film Reality Bites, the majority of servings on Cake and Pie have a darker flavor, thanks to […]
03.06.2002
‘Fever’ By Leigh E. Rich Kylie Minogue Fever Capitol Records C+ Kylie Minogue’s ninth album Fever is good for what it is: a sugary assortment to be played in discotheques the world over. Australian soap star-turned-pop diva, Minogue has been making musical waves since her “Locomotion” debut in 1987, particularly after having dated INXS lead […]
