Lorenza

Born Benjamin Lorenza Wilkerson on 11/22/82 in Port Arthur, Texas ... in Hemphill, Texas.

USATODAY.com 2005

a press, called Lorenza and bade her bring bread and wine, vinegar and warm water.

The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza Rafael Sabatini 1912

'Lorenza' is a Calabrian version of the time-honoured story of Judith and Holofernes, though in this case the Judith, so far from slaying her brigand Holofernes, falls in love with him, and ends by disguising herself in his cloak and allowing herself to be shot by the soldiers who come to capture the bandit chief.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

These eggplant and tomato stacks are my tribute to Italian travels - I found the original recipe along with a couple other keepers in a bargain-shelf cookbook (Italy the Beautiful by Lorenza De'Medici) my stepdad had picked up from Costco a couple weeks back, and it took just a couple tweaks to turn it into a vegan, fat-free lunch that I've enjoyed a couple times so far!

Archive 2008-11-01 Sarah 2008

Restrepo gives her lead character, Lorenza, the same activist trajectory.

Laura Restrepo's "No Place for Heroes," about Argentina's Dirty War 2010

Seeking distraction after her father's death, Lorenza joins the struggle in Buenos Aires, where she falls in love with a resistance leader.

Laura Restrepo's "No Place for Heroes," about Argentina's Dirty War 2010

The resistance has dispatched Lorenza to deliver smuggled microfilm and forged passports to Forcás.

Laura Restrepo's "No Place for Heroes," about Argentina's Dirty War 2010

When Lorenza tells her friend Gabriela how the dark episode ends -- in remote snowy mountains, as the junta loses both the Falklands War and its grip on the populace -- Gabriela interrupts: "This was turning into a porn movie, and now you're telling me a war story."

Laura Restrepo's "No Place for Heroes," about Argentina's Dirty War 2010

Restrepo's clue here is brass-knuckled: "No Place for Heroes" unfolds as a conversation over several days between Lorenza and her son, Mateo, two decades after the Dirty War.

Laura Restrepo's "No Place for Heroes," about Argentina's Dirty War 2010

Speaking of whom, as Lorenza Muñoz reports in the Los Angeles Times, "Seeking to tap into the growing Latino market in the United States, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc has partnered with actress Salma Hayek to make two to four Latin-themed movies a year."

GreenCine Daily: Friday the 13th. 2007