How many weeks does Rolling Stone, the magazine, have left? I hadn’t seen a copy in six years (which says something in itself) and now, perusing the 3/1 issue with Paul McCartney on the cover I’m shocked at how small and ad-less the zine is these days. How can they possibly be making any . . . → Read More: Does Rolling Stone Magazine Have Any Future at All?
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[LISTEN, WHITEY! author Pat Thomas will be reading / presenting / playing music from the book and companion album on Sunday, April 22nd at Powell's Bookstore in Portland.] Over a five year period in Oakland, CA, archivist Pat Thomas befriended key leaders of the seminal Black Power Movement, . . . → Read More: Listen Whitey! Author Pat Thomas to Appear at Powell’s Bookstore in Portland April 22 I read this book 30 years ago, when it was already 30 years old. It’s still a great read and should be one of everyone’s desert island books, given the subject matter. There should always be room in your bunker library for this book, and now the whole text is available gratis on Google: . . . → Read More: How to Stay Alive in the Woods: A Complete Guide to Food, Shelter, and Self-Preservation That Makes Starvation in the Wilderness Next to Impossible, By Bradford Angier Vincent Price was an actor whose range exceeded the horror movie roles that made his name (and paid the bills). His performance as Oscar Wilde in the one-man play Diversions and Delights was especially memorable. Here, on BBC-TV in 1982, he reprises Wilde reciting “The Harlot’s House.” It’s a minor poem, but Price plays . . . → Read More: The Harlot’s House – Vincent Price Performs Oscar Wilde, By John Siscoe This is a charmer. It has that gentle briskness that seems from another time, say half a century ago. Come to think of it, so does the bookstore itself. – John Siscoe owns and operates The Globe Bookstore in Pioneer Square, Seattle. They don’t know the half of it. This morning when . . . → Read More: The Joy of Books – Bookstore Comes Alive, By John Siscoe and Grant Cogswell I was a Creative Writing major and had two professors from whom I learned an enormous amount. This many years into my career, though, I rely more on what I absorbed in Contracts during my one year of law school. Two weeks of contract law should be mandatory for all liberal arts majors: god . . . → Read More: Two Weeks of Contract Law Should be Mandatory for all Liberal Arts Majors: God Knows, it Will Come in Handy, By Litsa Dremousis
"Turn the car off, we’re here" I can’t come up with a Pop Culture Top 10 of 2011. I paid no attention this year, due to extenuating circumstances. My most memorable pop music experience occurred in April as I drove around my home town (Rochester, NY) the week of my mother’s funeral while the . . . → Read More: Distraction 2011 – By LT Woodward Howdy Folks, I hope you are all well and that you have a survivable Holiday Season. I’m also not sure how many of you are familiar with the yearly Oxford American Southern music issue. It’s an annual issue of the “The Southern Magazine Of Good Writers” that focuses on music. This is the 13th . . . → Read More: A Music Issue From The Southern Magazine of Good Writers, By Bob Presthus “… for as long as the world still spins and still hums, wherever you are, and no matter what comes — the best part of Christmas will always be… you beneath my Christmas tree.” — The Spirit of Christmas, 2009 The best children’s book is one that always prompts a kid’s heart to soar . . . → Read More: “You Are Loved” – Bestselling Author/Artist Nancy Tillman Discusses the Spirit of Christmas, the Love of a Parent and the Power of Pugs, By Steve Stav Chapter Sixty-One
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling A doctor was leaning over our daughter’s isolette listening to her with a stethoscope. I suddenly felt weak. That wasn’t a good sign. Keith wrapped an arm around me and squeezed me tight. The nurse who stood beside the doctor noticed us and approached. “We were . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 61 – By Holly Homan – The Final Chapter IF I should die, think only this of me; That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of . . . → Read More: The Soldier, By Rupert Brooke
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Eight All Keith and I could do was hold each other and listen to our baby scream as they stuck a tiny needle in her leg to insert an IV. My stomach turned into knots and I felt like I was in the middle of some horrible nightmare . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 60 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Nine Keith spun around and froze. It took me a second to realize who they were. Then I recognized Keith’s father. Even though I’d only seen him in a dark nightclub, I recognized his eyes. His black hair had more silver than I remembered. His mother‘s hair was cropped . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 59 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Eight Keith pulled me into his lap and wrapped me in his arms. “Your mum called and says the baby made it through another night.” “I can’t wait to see her. This has been a nightmare I don’t care to repeat.” A nurse came in pushing a wheel . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 58 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Seven “Your daughter is a tough little girl. However, she’ll need more specialized care than we can provide. We want her airlifted to Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. They have the best neonatal intensive care in the country. You’ll need to sign papers giving us permission.” “Mon dieu,” . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 57 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Six The next thing I was aware of was waking in a private room. Keith was sitting by my side. He looked exhausted, but broke into a broad smile when he saw my eyes open. “Hi, my love. How are you feeling?” I began remembering. “The baby!” I sat . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 56 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-five “Please don’t let me lose this baby.” I cried to an empty room. The pains became more and more intense. I couldn’t get up or reach the phone. I tried calling out, but couldn’t catch my breath to yell. I noticed the dark outline of the phone cord . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 55 – By Holly Homan
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Four Keith looked panicked. “What’s wrong?” “Your daughter just kicked me, that’s what! I think she bruised a rib!” “I’m sorry she’s so hard on you, luv.” I gave Keith a knowing smile. “You said she. I heard you.” He gave me a sheepish look. “Only because you’ve conditioned . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 54 – By Holly Homan The New York Times has posted a review of The Journals of Spalding Gray by Nell Casey. The review, written by Ron Rosenbaum, aptly analyzes Casey’s book and tenderly delivers Rosenbaum’s own thumbnail rendering of Gray’s life and work as a monologuist/actor. Some quotes are below, the full review is here: “And then he . . . → Read More: The Journals of Spalding Gray
Illustration by Christina Dominguez-Starling Chapter Fifty-Three “Really?” Keith turned on the lamp, looking like a kid with a new toy. “Let me feel.” He put his hands on my stomach. “I don’t feel anything.” “Maybe it was nothing. I’m going back to sleep.” The next few days I felt those flutters again and my . . . → Read More: Rodin, Rotten, Jones & Us – Chapter 53 – By Holly Homan |
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