As an actor, he has appeared in The Chase, Johnny Mnemonic, Heat, and David Lynch' s forthcoming film, Lost Highway. His album Get in the Van won the Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album for 1995. As a spoken-word artist, he regularly performs at colleges and theaters worldwide and has released eight spoken-word audiotapes. His mission: to steel your soul and rock your world.' Rollins was frontman for the seminal punk band Black Flag, and since 1987 has led the Rollins Band, whose ninth album, Come In and Burn, was just released by DreamWorks. As Details magazine said when it named Rollins the 1994 Man of the Year: 'through two decades of rage and discipline, Henry Rollins has transformed himself from an L.A. Henry Rollins is an artist whose legendary, no-holds-barred performances encompasses music, acting, and written and spoken word.
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Even her talk with the boys had not taken away the feeling that had overwhelmed her when she drove back to the Divide that afternoon. That night she had a new consciousness of the country, felt almost a new relation to it. It fortified her to reflect upon the great operations of nature, and when she thought of the law that lay behind them, she felt a sense of personal security. She always loved to watch them, to think of their vastness and distance, and of their ordered march. “Alexandra drew her shawl closer about her and stood leaning against the frame of the mill, looking at the stars which glittered so keenly through the frosty autumn air. America is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature., Chris Crutcher2000 Edwards Award winnerI don't know which is better, the story or the storyteller. In its unsparing honesty and respect for its readers, this story of one boy's life is at once harrowing and haunting, intellectually exciting and emotionally satisfying. Like life itself, America is about a little bit of everything, yet Frank - with some magical combination of art and urgency - brings it all together. Frank fulfills the promise of her brilliant first novel, Life Is Funny. America is an absolutely unforgettable character and America, his story, takes place at the intersection of life and literature., Michael CartEditor of "Love & Sex"In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. Michael Cart Editor of "Love & Sex" In this searing yet soaring story of a deeply troubled boy named America, E. |