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By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times - Monday, February 1, 2021 Actor and novelist Ethan Hawke weighed in on how cancel culture is affecting art, saying it’s an especially “petrifying time” to be addressing male sexuality. Mr. Hawke, whose new novel “A Bright Ray of Darkness” follows a young male Broadway actor in the stage production of “Henry IV,” told the Guardian in an interview over the weekend that he “went back and forth” on how to tackle the lead character’s sexuality in the book because ...

A famous young actor's marriage to a pop mega-star is crumbling. To get away from the real-life drama, William Harding immerses himself in the role of

CBS News Book excerpt: "A Bright Ray of Darkness" by Ethan Hawke Knopf Our director, J. C. Callahan, stood up in front of us. He was in his early sixties with a shaved, balding head, a bow tie, and a custom-made tweed suit. He was an elegant and powerful man with large, kind, teary blue eyes. His formidable confidence was a mystery. He stood before us, five feet, six inches tall, like an Irish Buddha. Underneath his feet and sprawling out beneath all our tables, chairs, and shoes were reams of tape, probably ten different colors laid out in odd geometric designs of the various flo...

A Bright Ray of Darkness, when he expressed his reservations about the social media phenomenon. “In the light of cancel culture and shaming – while a lot of this moment is very helpful – it’s a difficult time to say: ‘I want to be open about the idiosyncrasies of human sexuality,'” he told the Guardian. He continued: What’s that great Mark Twain line? “The aim of art is to alleviate shame.” We’re in this period now when you can’t even write about bad behavior because it might seem like you’re condoning it. You have to be able to create a character who does things they...

Hawke hive, attention: Your favorite actor is bringing his new novel to Austin's largest indie bookstore. Sometimes Austinite Ethan Hawke will discuss "A Bright Ray of Darkness" as part of a virtual BookPeople event at 7 p.m. on Feb. 15. Tickets, which come with a signed copy of the book and start at $32.95, are now on sale at bookpeople.com. "A Bright Ray of Darkness" is described as the "blistering story of a young man making his Broadway debut in 'Henry IV' just as his marriage implodes — an utterly transfixing book about art and love, fame and heartbreak from the acclaimed actor/write...