“Savor the mysterious power of a master’s pentimento.” —Los Angeles Times“It takes a lot of nerve and skill to pull off something as rich as Beautiful MarIa of My Soul, but pull it off Hijuelos does.”
Sammy Keyes has a lot of nerve. Wearing high-tops to a fancy reception at an art gallery. Asking why a framed orange splot is worth $10,000. Eyebrows rise. Noses turn up.But then Sammy tackles a thief
Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theater legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," he has been called "the father of musical comedy," and his statue stands in the heart of the New York theater district. Cohan's early twentieth-century shows and songs captured the spirit of an era when staggering social change gave new urgency to efforts to define Americanism. He was an Irish American who had the audacity to represent himself as the Yankee Doodle emblem of the nation, a vaudevillian who had the nerve to unapologetically climb the ranks and package his lower-brow style as Broadway. In Yankee Doodle Dandy, the first book on Cohan in fifty years, author Elizabeth T. Craft situates Cohan as a central figure of his day. Examining his multifaceted contributions and the various sociocultural identities he came to embody, Craft shows how Cohan and his works indelibly shap
她率先從生物學的角度，揭露神經系統對於情緒的影響，引領時代地揭露了心智與身體之間的連結，卻因為身為女性以及獨排眾議的見解，遭受當時心理健康領域當權派所排擠，然而無數受益於她的著作的讀者，見證了其獨特療法的價值。＊＊＊＊＊二十多歲時，克萊兒・維克斯經診斷，罹患了當時人人聞之色變的結核病，被迫入住療養院。雖然後來醫生發現是誤診了，但她的心律不整並未改善，自此長年陷入焦慮。後來經過一個朋友提點，她發現自己的焦慮來源原來是被恐懼所驚嚇，這個認識對她意義重大。很快地她便掌握重點――她必須停止對抗恐懼。由於維克斯的學術專業是生物學，她得以深入觀察所有生物都擁有的神經系統，從而了解我們的原始大腦――後來她理解到，這與人類的情緒激發模式密切相關。又因為親身經歷過心智與身體之間形成的強力循環，維克斯後來發展出治療焦慮症等神經（失調）病症的萬用療法，她用以下簡單的口訣總結這套獨特療法：「面對」、「接受」、「漂浮」，以及「讓時間流逝」。維克斯後來成為醫生，治療焦慮症的成效頗受病患肯定，但有病患向她反映，雖然她的建議很有用，然而一旦離開診所，效果就大打折扣。該病患建議她「寫下所有細節，省得得一再重複告訴病患」。這個建議催生了維克斯的首部著作。1962年，《幸福就在轉念後》（Hope and Help for Your Nerve）出版，這是一本為一般大眾撰寫焦慮症「自療」專書。儘管當時的精神醫學社群普遍無視這本書，維克斯的治療口碑仍藉由病患持續在醫界傳開來。《幸福就在轉念後》出版後在多國熱銷，她也颳起旋風，廣獲媒體邀約（例如英國廣播公司BBC熱情邀約她合作訪談節目），世界各地的讀者信件與電話大量湧入，更有不少病患登門造訪她的澳洲住處，感謝這位博士改善了他們的生活，甚至拯救了他們的人生。一些心理健康領域重量級學者，也開始注意到維克斯及其療法，與她進行交流。恐慌、憂鬱、焦慮、懼曠症、強迫症、創傷後壓力症候群……日後精神醫學界傾向細分疾病，但維克斯認為，當中有許多疾患其實「病出同源」，也因此她都採取同一套方法治療廣泛的精神問題，也就是現代教科書所稱的「精神官能症」，同時稱呼它們「神經疾病」，除了避免批評意味，也點出這些疾病都是暫時、而且可以治癒的。＊＊＊＊＊克萊兒・維克斯思考活躍奔放、不喜因循守舊，她在演化領域的研究贏得了全球讚賞，亦是第一位取得澳洲歷史最悠久大學科學博士的女性。由於多才多藝且興
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