I just finished reading Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids. It is the story of her relationship with Robert Mapplethorpe in the time of a burgeoning New York City art scene of the 1960s and 70s. They WERE kids who arrived in New York with nothing but their determination to be artists. They wandered into one … Continue reading Genius Clusters?
Reading Revs Up the Brain
Are you one of those people who watch violent movies with a hand spread across your face, fingers splayed for a quick check to see if the pummeling is over? Does every volatile action make you feel sick? Are you like me when reading? Laugh out loud or sob as a story unfolds. As tears … Continue reading Reading Revs Up the Brain
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
You’re probably thinking, here she goes again, complaining about our lack of civility. It really bothers me and we’ve got to cut it out before we truly become a society of beasts. This is what ticked me off this time. I am a faithful reader of the Sunday New York Times Book Review. I know … Continue reading BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
THINKING ABOUT TINKERS
I just finished reading Tinkers, Paul Harding’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel. I could not describe it better than Elizabeth McCracken (An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination) who said, “It’s an instruction manual on how to look at nearly everything. Harding takes the back off to show you the miraculous ticking of the natural … Continue reading THINKING ABOUT TINKERS
