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William Steig - “Shrek” --- yes, William Steig wrote and illustrated the book that led to the movie that became the marketing.
Anna Akhmatova - "Poetry is respected only in this country,” said Russian poet Osip Mandelstam.
Bob Dylan - Two hundred and twenty reviews into this venture, and not one about Bob Dylan.
What does that tell you?
It might suggest that the proprietor of
Stanley Kunitz - It says a great deal about Stanley Kunitz that he was 95 when he was named Poet Laureate for the second time.
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making, Michael Caine - Michael Caine was a Cockney with burning ambition, unproven talent and few connections.
C.P. Cavafy - Constantine Petrou Cavafy (1863-1933) may be one of the greatest poets of the last century, but he's mostly known for one poem.
Canal House Cooking Volume 4 - “A beautiful woman is an invitation to a happiness she alone can fulfill.”
Proust said that.
'A Christmas Carol' & Beyond: Shorter books, please! - The writer I used to be would be appalled by the writer I have become.
A butcher.
Back in the days before you could get credit at Harvard for t
'wichcraft: Craft a Sandwich into a Meal -- And a Meal into a Sandwich, Tom Collicchio - Tom Colicchio is on television so often that I can’t quite picture him actually having a day job.
100 Journeys for the Spirit - Landscapes with spiritual power --- haven’t we been there before?
Yes. We have. The book is Sacred Landscapes: The Threshold Between Worlds.
2182 Kilohertz, David Masiel - I've just read a stunning news item: So much of the Arctic ice cover has disappeared “that a ship could sail unhindered from Europe's most n
740 Park, Michael Gross - I was once married to an extremely rich woman. When we were out together, her set tended to forget I was a writer --- worse, a journalist.
A Butler's Life, Kimberly Allen - Jeeves is no more.
A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table, Molly Wizenberg - A book that begins with a father, surveying the dinner table, remarking, “You know, we eat better at home than most people do in restaurants&r
A Million Little Pieces, James Frey - I am old enough to have lost friends to drugs and alcohol addiction.
A Month of Sundays: Searching for the Spirit and My Sister, Julie Mars - "A Month of Sundays" is about the death of Shirley Kress Carter, born in 1937 and died as Christmas ended in 2000. Shirley was a mother
A New Path to the Waterfall, Raymond Carver - What if you only had a year to live? How would you live it?
There’s no easier question.
A Problem from Hell, Samantha Power - June, 1989.
A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson - For almost half of her 7.75 years, our daughter has gone to sleep as her mother delivers a lecture.
A Round-Heeled Woman, Jane Juska - You may not know her name, but you have probably heard of Jane Juska, the 66-year-old retired teacher from California who placed the following ad in