“V” I am please to present a very short interview with my blogging friend, Silvia Villalobos, whose first novel, Stranger or Friend, was published recently and that I devoured a couple of weeks ago. This story is a murder mystery set in a small town in Wyoming. The protagonist, attorney Zoe Sinclair, returns to her…
“U” Federico Uribe is a Miami-based pop artist. He was born in Colombia in 1962 and studied at the University of Los Andes in Bogota. Later, he studied in New York under Luis Camnitzer. He then traveled the world creating and studying art in various countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Russia, and the United Kingdom.…
“T” Francisco Ignacio Taibo II, a.k.a. Paco Ignacio Taibo II or PIT II, is a Mexican mystery writer. His most well-known character is named Hector Belascoarán Shayne. This eccentric character apparently attracts many little flying metal objects. He also has a huge distaste for any kind of authority. I have not read any of PIT II’s…
“S” I love Dr. Seuss—now as much as I ever did. The man was a genius. Theodor Seuss Geisel, born in 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts, is definitely one of my favorite all time authors. I tend to forget about him since he was primarily a children’s author/cartoonist. His parents were German immigrants and worked hard…
“R” Prosperzia de’ Rossi (circa 1490-1530) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. Born in Bologna, not very much is really known about her life. According to Clara (a database of women artists), de’ Rossi happened to be born in a place where female artisans were more accepted. Giorgio Vasari wrote about de’ Rossi in his famous…
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