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Feb.19.2013 In Memorium, Donald Richie 1924-2013 When Donald Richie arrived in Japan in 1946, the Japanese had been our enemies. Beyond that, their customs and behavior were utterly foreign. They ate raw fish. They bowed. They used chopsticks. The gap between east and west was quite wide. Through his writings, and by introducing...	May.04.2011 McClain's 'Paris Wife' is the first Mrs. Hemingway's story She was seven years his senior when they met through a friend in 1920s Chicago, but even at 21, a young Ernest Hemingway was instantly drawn to Ms. Hadley Richardson of St. Louis. So much so, he became obsessed and asked for her hand, claiming years later he'd known all along "she was the girl...
Aug.13.2009 Presenting the Best 100 Writers Ever… …according to This Recording (compiled by Will Hubbard and Alex Carnevale). While these lists always include at least a few authors we can all agree on, what I often find more interesting than the lists are the questions and comments that follow, among them here: who should have been on the list...	May.03.2009 Garrison Keillor, Writers Alamanac #2 - Ode to Torpor, "Heavenly Sex" Speaking of Odes, Garrison Keillor (also) read "Ode to Torpor" on his show, Writers' Almanac. Poem first appeared in Black Moss Press' Palm Poets Series under the title "Heavenly Sex" and will be reprinted in my New & Selected due out soon, O soon! with Kate Gale and Mark...
Mar.31.2009 Writing on the wall with crayon (part 1) I could see the writing on the wall a mile away. And I am usually the last one to see the writing. But even I see it this time.Borders, one of my favorite bookstores (even if you wouldn’t guess it by this blog), may go under. Well that is what the New York Times thinks. If the New York Times is...	Nov.01.2008 STUDS TERKEL DIES One of the greats goes. LOUIS 'STUDS' TERKEL \| 1912-2008 He was walking anthology of all things Chicago The Pulitzer-Prize winning author, television pioneer, theatrical actor, long-time radio host, unrepentant leftie and friend of the little man, died peacefully at his home on the North...
Oct.03.2008 The ignorant American writer This grand declamation comes from the Swedish Academy a week before the Nobel Prize for Literature is announced. The organisation’s permanent secretary Horace Engdahl gave a couple of explanations that need to be examined: “Of course there is powerful literature in all big cultures, but you...