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URL:https://sparkhamptons.com/events/the-virtues-of-being-a-pessimist-the-
 life-and-works-of-james-jones-with-keith-reddin
SUMMARY:The Virtues of Being a Pessimist: The Life and Works of James Jones
  with Keith Reddin
DESCRIPTION:James Jones\, the author of the huge bestseller FROM HERE TO ET
 ERNITY (and the award winning film)\, was the image of the hard drinking\,
  two fisted chronicler of war and combat. But the body of his other work\
 , as well as his friendships with fellow East End writers\, make for a sur
 prising and fascinating life story. The talk will examine his fiction and
  his complicated relationships. Jones\, a long-time resident of Bridgehamp
 ton and Southampton\, a regular at Bobby Vann's and mentor to many import
 ant writers\, was a larger than life force in American Post War literatur
 e.\n\nKeith Reddin (Playwright) is a resident of East Hampton\, with a de
 cades long connection with the East End arts scene. His plays include Lif
 e and Limb\, Rum and Coke\, Big Time\, Nebraska\, Life During Wartime\
 , Brutality of Fact\, Almost Blue\, All the Rage\, But Not For Me\, F
 rame 312\, Human Error\, The Missionary Position\, Acquainted with the 
 Night\, Pierre. Adaptations include Black Snow\, The Imaginary Invalid\
 , Heaven’s My Destination\, the one acts of Strindberg and Rear Window
 . His work has been produced at Manhattan Theater Club\, Playwrights Horiz
 ons\, Atlantic Theater Company\, New York Shakespeare Festival\,  Goodman
  Theatre\, La Jolla Playhouse\, Alley Theater\, Alliance Theater\, America
 n Repertory Theater\, Yale Repertory Theatre and Berkeley Repertory Theatr
 e\, as well as in London\, Berlin\, and Tel Aviv. He has also written for 
 film and television\, as well as being a professor of playwriting at  Co
 lumbia University\, New York University and the New School. Mr. Reddin has
  a deep love of contemporary American literature.\n\nhttps://www.bridgeha
 mptonmuseum.org/event-details/the-virtues-of-being-a-pessimist-the-life-an
 d-works-of-james-jones-with-keith-reddin
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CATEGORIES:Arts & Entertainment
LOCATION:Bridgehampton Museum - Corwith House\, 2368 Montauk Highway\, Brid
 gehampton\, NY\, United States
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