by | Aug 16, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the New York Times Provocateur: The Peter Saul Manifesto By HOLLAND COTTER NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Peter Saul, who turns 74 on Saturday, is a classic artist’s artist, one of our few important practicing history painters and a serial offender in violations of...
by | Aug 16, 2008 | Bright Shiny News
from the Financial Times James Frey By Anna Metcalfe Published: August 16 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 16 2008 03:00 James Frey is notorious for having embellished parts of his 2003 memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Promoted as a true tale of his time at a drug...
by | Aug 16, 2008 | Literary News
from The Village Voice Louis Owens and John Steinbeck’s Ghosts A mystery solved with the help of a professor and a mobster’s musician By Tony Ortega Six years ago this summer, the Native American novelist Louis Owens drove his pickup truck to...
by | Aug 15, 2008 | Bright Shiny News
Language is the defining feature of our humanity. It separates us from all other life on the planet. Language allows us to communicate the complex experience of our existence with deftness and subtlety. The written form allows communication to transcend time, so we...
by | Aug 15, 2008 | Culture Music Art
from the Los Angeles Times Oakland couple rescues pit bulls and works to redeem breed’s image The pair tackle their biggest job yet: finding homes for Michael Vick’s battle-scarred animals. By John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 15, 2008...
