It’s the dog days of summer, but Mary Novakovich was interviewed by online British Serbian magazine Britić about her travelogue My Family and Other Enemies: Life and Travels in Croatia’s Hinterland.
August 18th marked the first anniversary of its publication.
“I had too strong a story to turn it into a just another glossy travelogue. I felt I had a responsibility to turn this very complicated history into something that would enlighten readers and not mislead them… I’ve had readers tell me how much it had helped their understanding of Balkan history.”
Elsewhere, Position Papers reviewed God in Number 10: The Personal Faith of the Prime Ministers, from Balfour to Blair by Mark Vickers.
“Mark Vickers has produced a magnus opus which shows the extent to which Prime Ministers ‘have done God’ and how the Christian faith shaped political thinking during the 20th Century.”
Robert Sellers’ new book, When the British Musical Ruled the World was published in the UK on August 1st.
In this revealing behind-the-scenes narrative, journalist and author Robert Sellers gives a definitive account of how Evita, Cats, Starlight Express, Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Chess, and Miss Saigon changed the business of musical theater in the 1980s. These mega productions of the were larger than life, colorful, and spectacular. Sellers collects insightful, personal stories from cast members, set designers, musical supervisors, dancers, lighting designers, production managers, singers, and choreographers from the shows that finally put Broadway on its back foot.
He also describes the backstage drama, production nightmares, and financial woes that threatened to derail the shows at multiple points. Whatever obstacles they faced, though, these productions swept the world and transformed the face of musical theater in ways that still resound today.
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