“Z” Zowie! On this last day of the A to Z Challenge, I have found an artist named Zuka whose work I really think is wonderful. Zenaida Gourievna Booyakovitch, aka Zuka, is a painter, born in Los Angeles, but who has lived and worked in France for many years. Zuka was born in 1924, so…
“Y” Currently living and working in New York City, Lisa Yuskavage hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was born in 1962. She received an MFA from Yale University in 1986 after graduation with a BFA in Fine Art from Temple University. During her time at Temple, she lived abroad in Rome. Her work has been shown…
Pleasantville by Attica Locke Harper April 21, 2015 Paperback, 432 pages Pleasantville is a predominantly black neighborhood on the northeast side of Houston, Texas. This neighborhood is notorious for its high voter turnout in most elections. The novel, Pleasantville, by Attica Locke, is set in Pleasantville, the neighborhood, in 1996 and begins with the disappearance…
“X” Xue Xinran is a Chinese journalist who has lived in London since 1997. She was born in Beijing in 1958. When she arrived in London, she worked as a janitor while working on her first and highly acclaimed book. This book, The Good Women of China, relates her stories of women she met and interacted…
“W” Earlier on “Q” day, I wrote about Quincy Perkins and his film that will be presented at Cannes in the Short Film and American Pavilion sections in May. Swingers Anonymous, the short film, was a short story first and was featured in the book Dallas Noir, published Akashic Books and edited by David Hale Smith. Jonathan Woods is…
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