Books like 'Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness: Essays, a Play, Two Poems, and a Prayer'
Readers who enjoyed Thinking About the Longstanding Problems of Virtue and Happiness: Essays, a Play, Two Poems, and a Prayer by Tony Kushner also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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![Best Man by C.J. Bishop]()
Best Man by C.J. Bishop
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome are brothers. Some are friends. All are the best. As our couples turn to the special people in their lives who were there for them during the worst of the worst, and extend their honored requests, the Phoenix family begin to make room for a new member who may be holding back the truth of how badly he was abused. Note: This is an M/M romance and should be read by readers 18yo and above only... -
![Domestic Policy by J.A. Armstrong]()
Domestic Policy by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsManaging an ever-growing family has taught President Candace Reid to expect the unexpected. Nothing could prepare her for what she’s about to face.Away from their home in New York, Candace and Jameson find that creating a sense of home in the White House is no simple task... -
![Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein]()
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, PlaysTorch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... -
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![Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 by Zane]()
Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 by Zane
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteamy, sensual and poetically hypnotic, Missionary No More: Purple Panties 2 is the follow-up to the bestseller Purple Panties. No one can debate the fact that Zane knows sex. The Queen of Erotic Fiction has hit home run after home run in the literary arena with her literary offerings... -
![A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical by James Kirkwood Jr., Michael Bennett]()
A Chorus Line: The Complete Book of the Musical by James Kirkwood Jr., Michael Bennett
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratings(Applause Books). It is hard to believe that over 25 years have passed since A Chorus Line first electrified a New York audience. The memories of the show's birth in 1975, not to mention those of its 15-year-life and poignant death, remain incandescent and not just because nothing so exciting has happened to the American musical since... -
![Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami]()
Life is Beautiful/La Vita è Bella: A Screenplay by Roberto Benigni, Vincenzo Cerami
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis romantic, hilarious, and astonishingly moving story, winner of the Grand Jury prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, explores the power of the imagination, set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The companion screenplay to the Miramax film presents the profound yet tender story that has touched the hearts of so many... -
![Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης]()
Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΡΩΜΙΟΣ: Αρκετά!... Και τώρα μια τελευταία διευκρίνιση. Είπα ότι το έργο μας είναι κωμωδία. Αλλά δεν είναι απλώς διότι έτσι γράφτηκε ή διότι το λέμε εμείς. Είναι κωμωδία για έναν άλλο σοβαρότερο και πολύ πιο έγκυρο λόγο: Το δηλώσαμε ως κωμωδία, το υποβάλαμε στη λογοκρισία ως κωμωδία και ενεκρίθη ως κωμωδία δια της υπ’ αριθμόν 199 αποφάσεως... -
![Capturing Forever by Erin Dutton]()
Capturing Forever by Erin Dutton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJacqueline Knight is driven and ambitious, always focused on getting to the top. But when her father’s failing health demands her attention, she must consider putting her career on hold. Though she struggles with her new responsibilities, she won’t admit she can’t do it alone. And the last person she wants to accept help from is her ex, Casey... -
![Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney]()
Choir Boy by Tarell Alvin McCraney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"An exhilarating, multi-layered new play."—The Guardian"Stirring and stylishly told . . . McCraney's crispest and most confident work."—Daily News"Greatly affecting. . . . It takes a brave writer to set his language against the plaintive beauty of the hymns and spirituals . . -
![Donde los ángeles no duermen by María Teresa Colominas]()
Donde los ángeles no duermen by María Teresa Colominas
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMatt Denver es un prestigioso abogado de una importante familia, un hombre bueno que cree en la justicia y lucha por protegerla. Pero de la noche a la mañana, la justicia lo traiciona, ésto a causa de una pequeña niña que lo acusa de haberla tocado, ahora tendrá que cumplir su condena en una de las peores cárceles del país... -
![Crystal's Heart by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster]()
Crystal's Heart by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCrystal Sheridan - professional stripper, straight, alcoholic, drug user. Laura Taylor - professional writer, lesbian, obsessive tidier, control freak. Two women who have absolutely nothing in common and yet, when they become improbable housemates, are amazed to find they can actually live with each other. And not only live... -
![Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery]()
Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-party. They've returned home to toast their mentor Gina, newly inducted as president of a tiny Catholic college. But as their reunion spirals into spiritual chaos and clashing generational politics, it becomes less a celebration than a vicious fight to be understood... -
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![When I Hid My Caste: Stories by Baburao Bagul]()
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![Planning for Love by Erin Dutton]()
Planning for Love by Erin Dutton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWedding coordinator Faith McKenna doesn’t believe in the happily-ever-after that she promises her clients. So she has no qualms about giving a few brides one last fling on the side before they commit for life... -
![Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini]()
Poems by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sex, death, political passion, these are the simple objects to which I give my elegiac heart"Winner of the first Renato Poggioli/William Weaver Award of PEN American CenterPier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975), who is best known in this country as an inspired filmmaker, was also the most outspoken and original Italian writer of his generation, the author of distinguished and controversial novels and... -
![Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang]()
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You & The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Sister Mary Ignatius Explains it All for You" is a black comedy about Catholicism."An Actor's Nightmare" is also a black comedy; a one-hander. An unprepared actor in an unnamed play is forced to take the place of a leading actor... -
![Sinestesia by Cora Menestrelli]()
Sinestesia by Cora Menestrelli
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs vitórias sempre foram parte da vida do Garoto de Ouro.Alexandre Duarte venceu quando foi adotado pela melhor família do mundo, quando foi aclamado campeão da mais recente temporada da Fórmula 1 e até mesmo quando largou todas as suas paixões de verão brasileiras para encarar a realidade da vida de um atleta internacional... -
![Virgínia mordida by Jeovanna Vieira]()
Virgínia mordida by Jeovanna Vieira
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAo retratar um relacionamento marcado sobretudo pela violência psicológica, Jeovanna Vieira apresenta uma das estreias mais empolgantes da ficção brasileira.Virgínia é uma carioca convicta radicada em São Paulo, que trabalha como advogada de dia e desfruta da cidade à noite... -
![Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco]()
Nosotras vinimos tarde by Elisa Coll, Elisa Coll Blanco
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTras su reconocido ensayo Resistencia bisexual, Elisa Coll debuta en el campo de lo narrativo con Nosotras vinimos tarde, una novela valiente y rompedora en la que, a través de distintos géneros, híbrida ficción y memoria histórica, creando un caleidoscopio literario cargado de belleza, inteligencia y humor... -
![A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee]()
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEdwards Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Delicate Balance reveals the emotional savagery of suburbia and the psychological terror of empty lives. First produced in 1966, this dark drawing room comedy may be Albee's masterpiece, as powerful in its 1996 revival as it was thirty years before... -
![Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang]()
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNominated for six Tony Awards®, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is one of the most lauded and beloved Broadway plays of recent years. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike... -
![Cuando fuimos los peripatéticos. La novela de Merlí (Planeta Visión) by Héctor Lozano]()
Cuando fuimos los peripatéticos. La novela de Merlí (Planeta Visión) by Héctor Lozano
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBruno Bergeron tuvo una adolescencia difícil que todavía se complicó más cuando vio entrar a su padre en clase con la cartera de profesor y «¡Me llamo Merlí y quiero que os empalméis con la filosofía!»... -
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![Atusparia by Gabriela Wiener]()
Atusparia by Gabriela Wiener
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsUna política de izquierda víctima del lawfare se encuentra prisionera en una cárcel de alta seguridad en las entrañas de la selva amazónica.Se hace llamar Atusparia, como el líder de la resistencia indígena peruana del siglo XIX y como el delirante colegio comunista donde estudió en los estertores de la guerra fría... -
![Die Schönheit der Nacht by Nina George]()
Die Schönheit der Nacht by Nina George
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVor der beeindruckenden Kulisse der bretonischen Küste lässt Bestseller-Autorin Nina George zwei Frauen sich selbst neu entdecken: ihre Wünsche und Träume, ihre Sinnlichkeit, ihr Begehren. Die angesehene Pariser Verhaltensbiologin Claire sehnt sich immer rastloser danach, zu spüren, dass sie lebt und nicht nur funktioniert... -
![King Charles III by Mike Bartlett]()
King Charles III by Mike Bartlett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings"The most spectacular, gripping and wickedly entertaining piece of lèse-majesté that British theatre has ever seen... blessed with wit, clarity and moments of deeper feeling. Outstanding and provocative... There is barely a moment when the fizz goes out of the writing and the narrative keeps springing surprises.... tremendous... -
![Three Tall Women by Edward Albee]()
Three Tall Women by Edward Albee
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlbee's best plays have always walked a line between heightened realism and dark comedy. Even his most surreal works are populated with characters who wouldn't seem out of place in real life. His 1994 Pulitzer Prize winner runs true to form. It begins as a naturalistic conversation among three women (identified as A, B, and C) from successive generations who meet in a hospital room... -
![Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal]()
Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace... -
![Cock by Mike Bartlett]()
Cock by Mike Bartlett
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled with guilt and indecision, he decides there is only one way to straighten this out....Mike Bartlett's punchy new story takes a playful, candid look at one man's sexuality and the difficulties that arise when you realise you have a choice... -
![Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang]()
Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence's macho therapist is urging her to be more assertive while Bruce's wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. She does not fully comprehend that Bruce has a male lover who is not pleased by Bruce's desire to date a woman: Prudence... -
![Tea and Sympathy by Robert Woodruff Anderson]()
Tea and Sympathy by Robert Woodruff Anderson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDrama / 9m, 2f / Int. From the author of I Never Sang for My Father, this groundbreaking drama explores a sensitive young man's coming of age amid the taunts and suspicions of his classmates and teachers at a private boy's academy. Only a sympathetic act of compassion by the wife of the headmaster gives young Tom the courage to grow into a man. A hit onstage and film with Deborah Kerr... -
![My Friend Hitler and Other Plays of Yukio Mishima by Yukio Mishima]()
My Friend Hitler and Other Plays of Yukio Mishima by Yukio Mishima
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAcclaimed Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was also a prolific playwright, penning more than sixty plays, nearly all of which were produced in his lifetime. Hiroaki Sato is the first to translate these plays into English. For this collection he has selected five major plays and three essays Mishima wrote about drama... -
![Autobahn by Neil LaBute]()
Autobahn by Neil LaBute
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Sitting in an automobile was where I first remember understanding how drama works...Hidden in the back seat of a sedan, I quickly realized how deep the chasm or intense the claustrophobia could be inside your average family car... -
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![Girls Like That by Evan Placey]()
Girls Like That by Evan Placey
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn urgent and explosive new play that explores of the pressures on young people today in the wake of advancing technology.When a naked photograph of Scarlett goes viral, she becomes the centre of attention for all the wrong reasons. But while rumors run wild and everyone forms an opinion, Scarlett just stays silent... -
![Panza de burro by Andrea Abreu López]()
Panza de burro by Andrea Abreu López
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNovela editada por la escritora y periodista Sabina Urraca para el proyecto 'Editora por un libro' de la editorial sevillana Barrett. 'Panza de burro' es una novela escrita en canario (o por lo menos en el canario particular de la autora). Transcurre en el verano de 2005 en un barrio alto del norte de Tenerife (Islas Canarias). Lo protagonizan dos amigas de diez años muy peculiares... -
![Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World by Jorge Zepeda Patterson]()
Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World by Jorge Zepeda Patterson
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWinner of the Premio Planeta—the Spanish-speaking world’s richest literary prize “The spirit of Stieg Larsson visits Mexico City" (Kirkus): Milena, or The Most Beautiful Femur in the World is a pulse-pounding international political thriller about sex, power, and information—and the extreme lengths people go to get them... -
![Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally]()
Corpus Christi by Terrence McNally
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe New Yorker has called Terrence McNally "one of our most original and audacious dramatists and one of our funniest." He is the author of such critically acclaimed plays as Love! Valour! Compassion!, Master Class, The Lisbon Traviata, and Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune... -
![The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky]()
The Lower Depths by Maxim Gorky
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWritten in 1902 and produced by the Moscow Arts Theatre on December 18, 1902 under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski. It became his first major success, and a hallmark of Russian social realism. The play depicts a group of impoverished Russians living in a shelter near the Volga.When it first appeared, The Lower Depths was criticized for its pessimism and ambiguous ethical message... -
![Malaherba by Manuel Jabois, Martiño Rivas]()
Malaherba by Manuel Jabois, Martiño Rivas
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratings«Bien sabe Dios que es más peligrosa la pena que el odio, porque el odio puede destruir lo que odias, pero la pena destruye todo.»«La primera vez que papá murió todos pensamos que estaba fingiendo». Así empieza Malaherba, la nueva novela de Manuel Jabois... -
![November by David Mamet]()
November by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDavid Mamet's Oval Office satire depicts one day in the life of a beleaguered American commander-in-chief.It's November in a Presidential election year, and incumbent Charles Smith's chances for reelection are looking grim. Approval ratings are down, his money's running out, and nuclear war might be imminent... -
![غرفة العناية المركزة by عزالدين شكري فشير]()
غرفة العناية المركزة by عزالدين شكري فشير
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsرواية (غرفة العناية المركزة) للكاتب (عز الدين شكري فشير) يسلط فيها الضوء على الواقع القاتم للمجتمع المصري، ولكنه مع كل هذه السوداوية فى الواقع المصري ما زال يرى بصيص نور وسط كم هائل من الظلام، ويصل إلى مسامعه أصوات أمل لا يدري كيف يصل إليها. -
![The Obese Christ e-book by Larry Tremblay]()
The Obese Christ e-book by Larry Tremblay
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe asocial, sexually repressed Edgar, kneeling in grief at his mother’s graveside, turns abruptly to witness a terrifying and life-altering event: the brutal rape of a young woman. Compelled by muddled instinct (and ingrained religious conviction), our hero bears the unconscious victim home, solemnly pledging to care for her – and to act as her saviour... -
![Race by David Mamet]()
Race by David Mamet
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“Intellectually salacious…Deep in its gut, Mamet’s gripping play argues everything in America is still about race.” –Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune“Tasty dialogue, spiky confrontations and more than occasionally biting observations…RACE riffs artfully on the subtleties of discrimination and guilt, resentment and shame, and its ambiguities appear designed to stir audiences into testy debates... -
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![The Maids by Jean Genet]()
The Maids by Jean Genet
Rated: 3.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSolange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress (Madame) is away. The focus of their role-playing is the murder of Madame and they take turns portraying both sides of the power divide... -
![A Sprinkling of Lesbian Short Stories by Q. Kelly]()
A Sprinkling of Lesbian Short Stories by Q. Kelly
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree of Q. Kelly's previously published short stories come together in this collection. A fourth story is "Welcome to Paradise," which has never officially been published and which serves as the basis of Q. Kelly's novel "Third." THE OLD WOMAN: Jessica is a pretty good best friend, but she goes too far when she dares Rachel to ask an old woman on a date... -
![عابر سرير by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, أحلام مستغانمي]()
عابر سرير by Ahlam Mosteghanemi, أحلام مستغانمي
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratings"كل ما أدريه أنني مذ غادرت الجزائر ما عدت ذلك الصحافي ولا المصوّر الذي كنته. أصبحت بطلاً في رواية، أو في فيلم سينمائي يعيش على أهبة مباغتة؟ جاهزاً لأمر ما.. لفرح طارئ أو لفاجعة مرتقبة. نحن من بعثرتهم قسنطينة، ها نحن نتواعد في عواصم الحزن وضواحي الخوف الباريسي... -
![Juste la fin du monde by Jean-Luc Lagarce]()
Juste la fin du monde by Jean-Luc Lagarce
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLe fils retourne dans sa famille pour l'informer de sa mort prochaine. Ce sont les retrouvailles avec le cercle familial où l'on se dit l'amour que l'on se porte à travers les éternelles querelles. De cette visite qu'il voulait définitive, le fils repartira sans avoir rien dit... -
![The Wig, the Bitch & the Meltdown by Jay Manuel]()
The Wig, the Bitch & the Meltdown by Jay Manuel
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wig, The Bitch & The Meltdown is a satirical look behind the scenes of Model Muse, a fictional reality model competition show and global phenomenon. Seen through the eyes of our moral compass Pablo Michaels-the heart of production in the helter-skelter world of Model Muse-we see behind the scenes and backstage shenanigans of the fashion/reality TV world... -
![أسفار الفراعين by عزالدين شكري فشير]()
أسفار الفراعين by عزالدين شكري فشير
Rated: 3.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratings«كنت كبير الموظفين في وزارتي ولم أكن وزيرًا، وكان الفرعون هو الوزير الحقيقي الأول والأخير، ولكن ذلك كان الحقيقة في كل الوزارات الأخرى. كل ماحدث أني أدركت ذلك من البداية وتصرفت وفقًا له بحيث يكون الفرعون هو متخذ القرارات الكبرى وبالتالي المسئول عنها لا أنا في حين كان الوزراء الآخرون يتحملون هم مسئولية قرارتهم، وهكذا ظللت وزيرًا لعشرين عامًا. مرت المضيفة باسمة أمام مقعد الدكتور هاشم ومالت عليه...
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