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Thursday, April 13, 2006

More Kicks than Pricks

They're kicking up their heels the world over today for the centenary of Samuel Beckett, with folks dressed up as some of his most winsome creations (Vladimir, Estragon) cavorting on the streets of Dublin. (Paris, London, New York, and Tokyo are also holding celebrations.)

"Jenny Holzer," reports the Globe and Mail, "will project quotations from Beckett's writings onto Dublin [and London] landmarks, so you can literally read the writing on the wall of Ireland's greatest nonliteralist."
Posted at: 4/13/2006 12:26:00 PM