Essays Author:Wallace Shawn "I've written plays and a few screenplays, in each one a person who isn't me speaks, and then another who isn't me replies, and then a third one enters or the first one speaks again. . . . I've even worked as a professional actor, speaking out loud as if I were someone not myself. . . . Every once in a while, though, I like to take a break from ... more »fantasyland, and I go off to the place called Reality for a brief vacation."Wallace Shawn, from Essays"Lovely, hilarious, and seriously thought-provoking."Toni Morrison"Full of what you might call conversation starters: tricky propositions about morality, politics, and art as a force for change (or not). . . . It's a treat to hear [Shawn] speak his curious mind."O Magazine"As an actor and playwright, Shawn's eccentric style is like no one else's. And in his collection of Essays . . . that inimitable inquiring voice can be heard loud and clear."Los Angeles Times"Fearless!"GQ, Best Books of 2009With his distinctive brand of humor and insight, acclaimed playwright and beloved actor Wallace Shawn takes readers on a revelatory journey through high art, war, culture, politics, and privilege that includes his thoughts as both an artist and a political thinker.Wallace Shawn is an Obie Award-winning playwright and noted stage and screen actor. He is co-author of the film My Dinner with André and author of the plays The Fever, Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Designated Mourner, and Grasses of a Thousand Colors. He lives in New York City.« less