Purchased the Movie Tie-In edition of "Pride and Prejudice" to my profound moral chagrin
Greatest hits of September: the charming memoir "Family Lexicon" by Natalia Ginzburg, Luchino Visconti's "The Damned" and then "The Seven…
Reading aloud a poem published in the New York Review of Books September 21, 2023 issue.
Reflecting on these reminds me of how great "Germany Year Zero" and "The Player" really were. Also, "Yoga" and Henry…
Greatest reading and watching hits of June 2023 included "Men", "Sword of Doom", "Heat", "Merry Wives of Windsor", and "The…
"An Ideal Craftsman" follows a young boy down to the larder, happening upon a crime scene.
Detailing the purchase of a less puerile, more dignified Taschen volume collecting the etchings of Piranesi, the article and exhibit…
Reading 15th- and 16th-century lit and watching contemporary, 21st-century film. Greatest hits: Heat (1995), Montaigne, Shakespeare (immer wieder).
Not long ago I ordered "Strata: William Smith's Geological Maps" lighting a fire of memory and reflection
For 31 days I read from 16th- and 17th-century literature, most notably including Montaigne's "Essais" and the metaphysical poets. Snuck…