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Andrew Kaufman. All My Friends Are Superheroes.(Book Review)
Andrew Kaufman. All My Friends Are Superheroes. Coach House, 2003. 111 pp. Paper: $14.95.
All My Friends Are Superheroes calls itself a novel, but clocking in at a slim 111 pages and with chapters that can look like sketch-comedy riffs, not all readers will recognize it as one. True, some sections do little more than milk the titular conceit, a too-easy excuse for trotting favorite misfits across the narrative stage. And certain scenes do feel rather anemic--not for the writing, which is deft and alive, but for the odd sense that someone decided they should all be bite-sized. In the end, though, Andrew Kaufman's debut work manages to move and surprise, all the more impressive for the narrative constraints he places in his own way. The book centers around Tom, an earnest "regular" who's desperately trying to save his new marriage from a looming crash and burn. His new bride, the Perfectionist, has had her faith in Tom occluded by a spiteful ex ...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe John Ellement, Globe Staff July 17, 1996 700+ words
...but often brings work home with him, attorneys and court officials said yesterday. "He is not ostentatious," said Andrew Kaufman, a Harvard Law School professor who met Wilkins more than 40 years ago at Harvard Law School. "He's that rare combination...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily News (NY, NY) November 24, 2004 700+ words
...undisputed that he required surgery as a result of the incident," Ferenzo said. In court papers, Benihana's lawyer Andrew Kaufman asked a judge to dismiss the claim, saying Colaitis hurt himself trying to snare the shrimp in his mouth. In a decision...
- Chartwell International, Inc. Signs Letter of Understanding With Rail Waste...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 20, 2005 700+ words
...execution and delivery of definitive agreements for the proposed transaction; and other customary conditions. RWH's CEO, Andrew Kaufman commented: "The waste industry is at an inflection point that has created an enormous opportunity for rail-based transportation...
- In Defense Of Cheering.(Sports)(cheerleaders )
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Yabroff, Jennie March 24, 2008 700+ words
...CAPTION(S): photo GIMME AN 'A'! President Bush, at Andover (above); an Arlington, Texas, squad shows their spirit at the 2007 World Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Fla. (top) ANDREW KAUFMAN (TOP), GETTY IMAGES
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- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) March 14, 1987 700+ words
...to a public defense." "There are a whole variety of reasons why a city might properly call in outside counsel," said Andrew Kaufman, associate dean of the Harvard Law School and an expert in legal ethics. "One reason might be that the problem is too...
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) March 22, 2005 700+ words
...also Jewish. Another depicted Mr Howard as a Shylock-like figure. Both posters were withdrawn following an outcry. Andrew Kaufman, chairman of the Association of Jewish Refugees, said: 'We are appalled by Kevin McNamara's comments. 'His distasteful...
- The heat is on sunscreens.
- Newspaper article from: Ventura County Star (Ventura, CA) July 1, 2006 700+ words
...in Ventura County. Skin cancer has increased dramatically over the past few decades, becoming an epidemic, said Dr. Andrew Kaufman, a dermatologist for the Center of Dermatology Care in Thousand Oaks. "Some of it has to do with the diminishing ozone...
- What really works!(treating acne)
- Magazine article from: Girls' Life Bokram, Karen April 1, 2001 700+ words
...there has been a big increase in the number of products out there, the cause of acne hasn't changed much," says Dr. Andrew Kaufman, a dermatologist and dermatologic surgeon in Santa Barbara, California (he's also an assistant clinical professor of...
