Fires in the Mirror:
A Bibliography of Materials in the UC Berkeley Library




Media Review Digest (UCB users only)

Clines, Francis X.
"Giving Voice to a Neighborhood's Anguish." (Anna Deavere Smith's production of 'Fires in the Mirror') (Living Arts Pages) (Interview) New York Times v141 (Wed, June 10, 1992):B1(N), C1(L), col 3, 31 col in.

Favorini, Attilio.
"Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and other Identities." (City Theatre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (theater reviews) Theatre Journal v48, n1 (March, 1996):105 (3 pages).

Fitzgerald, Sharon.
"Anna of a Thousand Faces." (Anna Deavere Smith's one-woman plays 'Fires in the Mirror' and 'Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992' as part of her series 'On the Road: The Search for the American Character' about African... American Visions v9, n5 (Oct-Nov, 1994):14 (5 pages).

"Fires in the Mirror." (television program reviews) Time v141, n18 (May 3, 1993):81.

Goldberg, Robert.
"Fires in the Mirror." (television program reviews) Wall Street Journal (Mon, April 26, 1993):A12(W), A10(E), col 1, 21 col in.

Hupp, Steven L.
"Fires in the Mirror." (video recording reviews) Library Journal v119, n2 (Feb 1, 1994):125.

Lewis, Barbara Lewis.
"The Circle of Confusion: A Conversation with Anne Deavere Smith." The Kenyon Review vol. 15 no. 4. 1993 Fall. pp: 54-64.

Lyons, Charles R.
"Anna Deavere Smith: Perspectives on Her Performance within the Context of Critical Theory." Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, vol. 9 no. 1. 1994 Fall. pp: 43-66.

Modleski, Tania.
"Doing Justice to the Subjects: Mimetic Art in a Multicultural Society: The Work of Anna Deavere Smith." In: Female Subjects in Black and White: Race, Psychoanalysis, Feminism / edited by Elizabeth Abel, Barbara Christian, Helene Moglen. pp: 57-76. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1997.
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    Myers, Elizabeth M.
    "Performing Personal Narrative: Anna Deveare Smith's "Fires in the Mirror."" English Journal v87, n2 (Feb, 1998):52 (6 pages).

    O'Connor, John J.
    "American Playhouse: Fires in the Mirror." (television program reviews) New York Times v142 (Wed, April 28, 1993):B3(N), C18(L), col 5, 9 col in.

    Reinelt, Janelle.
    "Performing Race: Anna Deavere Smith's 'Fires in the Mirror.'" (Form and Performance) Modern Drama v39, n4 (Winter, 1996):609 (9 pages).

    Rich, Frank.
    "Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities." (Living Arts Pages) (Joseph Papp Public Theater/the Susan Stein Shiva Theater, New York, New York) (theater reviews) New York Times v141 (Fri, May 15, 1992):B1(N), C1(L), col 5, 24 col in.

    Richards, David.
    "Fires in the Mirror." (Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York, New York) (theater reviews) New York Times v141, sec2 (Sun, May 17, 1992):H5(N), H5(L), col 2, 10 col in.

    Smith, Anna Deavere; Wolfe, George C.; Sherman, Robert; Shange, Ntozake; and others.
    "Defining Identity: Four Voices." (excerpts from 'Fires in the Mirror') (Column) New York Times v141, sec4 (Sun, May 24, 1992):E11(N), E11(L), col 2, 20 col in.

    Spaid, Elizabeth Levitan.
    "Fires in the Mirror." (television program reviews) Christian Science Monitor v85, n105 (Tue, April 27, 1993):13, col 5, 6 col in.

    Sun, William H.
    "Masks or Faces Re-Visited: A Study of Four Theatrical Works Concerning Cultural Identity." TDR: The Drama Review: A Journal of Performance Studies vol. 38 no. 4 1994 Winter. pp: 120-32.

    Wright, Damon.
    "A Seance with History." (Anna Deavere Smith in 'Fires in the Mirror') New York Times v141, sec2 (Sun, May 10, 1992):H14(N), H14(L), col 1, 10 col in.

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