Monday, September 10.1973 University Daily Kansan Abnormal Childhood Told in Book By DIANE YEAMANS Kansan Reviews Editor Beverley Nichols, British novelist, playwright and lecturer, has written a second autobiography, "Father Figure", describing his abnormal childhood and his three attempts to murder his alcoholic father. The autobiography, republished recently in paperback by Pocket Books, is written in the same style that has made Nichols' works so popular throughout the years. He is candid. Nichols was exposed to so many horrors of life at an early age that he became bleed. He treats the horrid aspects as well as if they were common to everyone. The book is written as if Nichols and the reader were conversing about Nichols' childhood over a cup of coffee. The story rambles some and there are many digressions. But Nichols acknowledges these tendencies and therefore, strengthens these deviations make the relationship between the reader and author very intimate. Nichols' descriptions are exceptionally precise, considering the story was written 50 or 60 years after his events occurred in him in his memory and fear during childhood. Nichols had always appeared to the world as a rather quiet man, sensitive to the beauties of life. Some of his books include "Eversong," "Down the garden Path," "Men Do not Weep," "Twenty-five," his first autobiography and "The Rich Die Hard." Some of his plays are "The Stag, 'Avalanche' and 'Shadow of the Vine.'" He is also expert gardner around the world giving lectures on gardening. When "Father Figure" was first published, the world was shocked that such a pleasant man could know such horrors. He must have been a source of familiarity in his writing. His story has been described in other reviews as a horror story, shocking and full of hate and pain. Nichols' childhood was typically Freudian. Understanding Nichols' psychological reactions to his father softens the raw emotions of the book. Black Poets Write Of Black Experience An excellent history of Negro life is collected in "You Better Believe It," an anthology of poems edited by Paul Breman and published by Penguin Books. Breman has collected works of more than 200 black poets, put them in chronological order and added thumbnail sketches about each poet. Breman has selected poetry from George Moses Horton, early 1800s, to Nikki Giovani, present. The poets come from all over the world—Jamaica, Barbados, Ghana, New York, Louisiana, Massachusetts and even Kansas. The poems are forceful. Perhaps more forceful than most poetry because the black experience is so stimulating to the poet. They write about the prejudice against them, their humble poverty, their search for an identity as a people and their extreme pride when they find that identity. Much of the poetry is anti-white, raw in its hatred. Other poems are more gentle, speaking about love or womanhood or some other subject common to all men. The flow of emotion between each poet and his poems is captivating. Black and white color imagery is used again and again. But the tables are turned The anthology also serves as a history of the poem. The changes in poetry from the Civil War to contemporary poetry are the same as any traditional poetry. Rhyming couplets and lines with alternating end rhymes turn into free form, non- The anthology is excellent, it's good for 15 minutes or 15 days, warm winter nights or sundays. '60 Minutes' Is Success From the Washington Post WASHINGTON—Success has come to CBS'S "60 Minutes" with a string of low-keyed news scoops that have made the program the hottest magazine-type public affairs number on the three major networks. This year "60 Minutes" cameras moved in too close on John Ehrhlstein, Mike Wallace nailed Ll. Col. Anthony Herbert, and Morley Safer showed the nation a side of Sen. 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Some of the sculpture is kinetic, to reflect its natural state and add interest to the exhibit, and motion is implied in other pieces. Young's field is design research. Included in the exhibit are several photographs of environmental symbols Young has used for his research. Later, he developed these into direct prints and other photographs were direct line prints, a printing process that excludes all gray tones. Young reaches into man's society and isolates a bit of it for the viewer to appreciate, which is easy, considering Young's skill as an artist. Subscribe to PLAYBOW now. Big savings off the single-copy price and you never miss an issue. Get yours now! - 7 months at $6 (a $1.00 saving) - 1 year at $8.50 (a $4.50 saving) 2 years at $16 (a $10,000 saving!) 3 years at $22 (a $17,000 saving!) MY NAME ADDRESS STATE Picease note: This is a one-time-only offer. 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