Hemingway was my first literary hero. He wrote the way people talked. Brief, blunt and brave. I consumed his novels as a teenager the way I would finish off a pizza. I couldn’t put it down. “The Sun Also Rises”… Read More ›
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HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT – NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT: THE OTHER PEOPLE IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS By Jane Allen Petrick Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white… Read More ›
NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS By JANE ALLEN PETRICK
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
BRAIN SNOBS – Marilyn Armstrong
It isn’t just culture that divides us into classes. What we watch on television, see in the movies, and read also puts us into a category, often unfairly by people who don’t “get” why we like what we like. I read… Read More ›
BYE BYE GAME OF THRONES. THE PARTY’S OVER – Marilyn Armstrong
Again, I tried reading “A Dance With Dragons” by George R.R. Martin. It is book five of an interminable series called “A Game of Thrones,” the most violent, grim, and repetitive — and long — series ever written. It makes… Read More ›
THE BOOK WORLD AND MEMORIES THEREOF – Marilyn Armstrong
I usually say I wouldn’t want to ever work again, but I got to thinking about that. I realized if I could get back my job as an editor at Doubleday? I’d do it in a heartbeat. How many jobs… Read More ›
HAPPY 187TH BIRTHDAY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT – Marilyn Armstrong
In an alternate universe, Louisa May Alcott would be 187 today. In my alternate universe, we all live — as a matter of course — to at least 200. And because of our extended life span, we are better custodians… Read More ›
JANE ALLEN PETRICK’S NON-WHITE AMERICA IN NORMAN ROCKWELL’S PAINTINGS – Marilyn Armstrong
Jane Allen Petrick has written a wonderful book about Norman Rockwell, the artist, and his work. It focuses on the “invisible people” in his painting, the non-white children and adults who are his legacy. For many readers, this book will be an eye-opener… Read More ›
NINIANE, LADY OF THE LAKE – Reblog – Flint Johnson
TALLHWCH – The pursuit of history The first mention of either the Lady of the Lake or Ninian (Niniane, Vivian, etc.) is to be found in the late work Prose Merlin. Her character remains much the same through to Sir Thomas Malory,… Read More ›
PONDERING PUBLISHING AND THE WORLD GONE BY
I usually say I wouldn’t want to ever work again, but I got to thinking about that. I realized if I could get back my job as editor at Doubleday? I’d do it in a heartbeat. How many jobs give… Read More ›
THE SOIL, GROWTH OF AND OTHERWISE
When I was a teenager, my mother plied me with books. Some were entertaining. Then, there was Knut Hamsun. Knut wasn’t a fun sort of author. In “Growth of the Soil” he wrote about the grim, hardscrabble life of the… Read More ›
THE FINAL WHAT?
When I saw “final” as the word of the day, I got a chill. In the past two weeks, I have lost at least three friends with more on the way. Not to mention that my email is full of… Read More ›