Crossing Swords

Tag: Mark Twain

  • Val Kilmer raises biography to an art form with CINEMA TWAIN

    Val Kilmer raises biography to an art form with CINEMA TWAIN

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    Cindy Safronoff
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    Val Kilmer’s CINEMA TWAIN is unique–creative, dramatic, laugh-out-loud funny, and visually stunning. I almost forgot it was an expression of historical biography. The spirit of Mark Twain was expressed so vividly, perhaps more Twain than if it were Twain himself. It was part stand-up comedy, part reading, part theater, part performance art. The image of…

  • Celebrating Towering Accomplishments

    Celebrating Towering Accomplishments

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    Cindy Safronoff
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    March 31, 2015. The 126th anniversary of the public opening of the Eiffel Tower. Also, today I completed Crossing Swords and ordered the first print run! Why is this an interesting coincidence? Because the book begins by comparing Mary Baker Eddy’s career to the Eiffel Tower: “Figuratively speaking, Mrs. Eddy is already as tall as the Eiffel…