Executioner’s Songs
Televised executions are all the rage these days, but the long drops in Iraq brought to mind two made-for-television movies that I saw decades ago,...
Portraying Dr. King
Much critical ink has been spilled, and deservedly so, on the merits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a writer. King was a master...
Richard Ford’s Jesus of Suburbia
A fortnight after I finished it, Richard Ford’s trilogy-ending novel The Lay of the Land was still with me. And yet, I cannot tell you...
Eminence Front
Elderly rock stars have this gift for introspection and analysis; they look back with a clarity not present during the drug binges, and there’s a...
Overlooked Calvin Baker
A great post from the always inventive, eminently book-worthy Maud Newton, the famed literary blogger – read it all but here’s a taste: Calvin Baker...
London Calling
I’m not a film completist; with three children and a limited window of screening opportunities outside of video-on-demand, my year’s best, non-kiddie category, is scant...
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