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Wednesday. Oct. 26, 2005
Clackamas Prii
Local writer gives poetry readin
C.J. Ciaramella
The Clackamas Print
Students and faculty alike were
treated last Thursday to a poetry
reading by Judith Barrington in
the Literary Arts Center.
Barrington, a local writer, was
reading from her latest book of
poetry, “Horses and the Human
Soul,” which was recently
announced as a finalist for the
Oregon Book Award. The poems
that she read were varied as far as
subject was concerned, but many
contained a reccurring image,
which led to the title.
“As you probably guessed
from the title, there are quite a lot
of horses in these poems,” said
Barrington.
Horses only appeared briefly in
many of the poems, but in others
they were the main theme, such as
in one of the first pieces she read,
“Living without Horses.”
“To live without horses is to
carry them with you always: | the
one who lifted you over the tiger
trap,| the one who kicked you
when you deserved it,| and the
dappled grey one who lay down
under you| and died as you ran
away,” read Barrington.
Besides horses, Barrington’s
poems were rich with fresh imag-
C.J. Ciaramella Clackamas Print
Local writer Judith Barrington talks to faculty member Linda Vogt at the Literary Arts Center
after reading from her latest book of poetry, “Horses and the Human Soul.”
ery and topics. Her subjects and
settings ranged from the politi
cal to the personal, from* rural
England to underwater seascapes.
Some of her more personal
poems included “Before I was
Bom,” the story of her birth dur
ing an air raid in England during
WWII. The poem described “The
Germans grumbling in, dron
bombs,” and the people lookS
the sky for “the barrels of deat
they tumbled through the sky,’
Another of her poems entr
“The Dyke with No Name,” <
uments her travels to Spain
dealing with being a lesbian.
On the political end, man
Barrington’s poems dealt i
environmental and peace issi
One of the best poems of
reading dealt with, as she pi!
“the difficulty of embracing
realities.”
The piece describes |
a walk in nature and the
President Bush initiated war
Iraq, and it ends with the omin
image of a shadow falling aci
“middle-eastern sand.”
Barrington’s poems shows
keen ear for rhythm and!
ics, even though it esche
devices like conventional rhj
schemes.
“I like rhyming - slant-rh]
half-rhyme, off-rhyme,”
Barrington. “I’m not necessa
a fan of direct rhyme.”
After her reading, Banin
opened the event up to (
tions, where she entertained
audience with her writing ha
and thoughts on various iss
Afterwards, she took time to a
graph books for her fans.
Night Stalker rises from dead; will it outlive the origina
. Ben Maras
movie — and not in the good
way.
Without the story develop
ment of the original, the “pulse
It can only go uphill from pounding” climax was little
here. Situated in the competi more than a “look, a scary
tive 9 p.m. slot on Thursday monster!” moment.
nights, ABC’s newest thriller
The high point came from a
“Night Stalker” roughly (key three-second shot of McGavin
word here) based on the 70’s — dressed in his trademark
cult hit “Kolchak: The Night attire — smirking knowingly
Stalker” has some big shoes at the camera and seemingly
to fill, and some unrealistic packing up his things. It was
expectations. It also may soon a touching homage to the past,
suffer the same tragic fate as but not enough to save it from
its predecessor.
its own dry dialogue and shal
I have quite the emotion low scare-factor.
al attachment to the original.
But luckily, each episode
Watching reporter Carl Kolchak has consistently gotten bet
chase zombies, demons, vam ter than the one before, using
pires, and peat moss monsters more elaborate story lines, bet
on reruns when I was but a wee ter use of suspense, plot twists
lad is what sparked my interest and dark humor. But, I fear,
in journalism and galvanized change comes not fast enough.
my fate as a newsroom junkie.
The show’s only downside:
Criticism is rampant, espe
it was cancelled after less than cially by those who were
a year, leaving slim-pickins for expecting an exact remake.
second generation fans.
Coupling that with a lack of
One could easily imagine publicity (the only market
my excitement when I heard ing I’ve seen has been done
the news of a remake in the by Apple, who is featuring
works. The heavens opened it in their new video section
up and choirs of artgels began of iTunes) ... I smell defeat
singing, for now was the time again.
of the night stalker’s arrival.
But, “Night Stalker” fans,
But alas, the name seems to ¿put away the razor blades, lock
be where the similarities end.
up the key to the liquor cabinet
Gone is Darren McGavin’s and hide the bottle of Valium
bumbling demeanor and rum —- it will be ok, I promise.
bled clothes. The new Kolchak There are a few things we can
(played by Stuart Townshend) hope for from this.
is suave, sexy, and everything
First one being that “Night
McGavin wasn’t.
Stalker” lasts long enough to
Also changed is the city go through the proper char
(from Chicago to L.A.) and the acter development and plot
tone of the show (now “Night maturing. Then, we may have a
Stalker” adopts a much dark really good show on our hands,
er tone), among many other one that could last and grow to
changes. Most notably that the stand on its own to legs.
new Kolchak lacks McGavin’s
Secondly, it could be adopt
signature hat, which became ed as the methadone for those
such a icon among fans that pining for their X-Files fix.
reproductions are now sold on And last, 'but not least, that
the internet for 200 dollars.
reruns of “Kolchak” will be
The pilot was iffy at best. boosted by this new “remake.”
Focusing on Kolchak’s sketchy All in all, it’s really a win-win
past, the monster du-jour was situation, and it only shows
seemingly straight out of a B sigjjs of getting better.
|| Co-Editor-in-Chief
Can Stuart Townshei
(above) portrayal
Carl Kolchak live!
to Darren McGay
original Night Sta
(left)?
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