I just finished reading Envy by Kathryn Harrison. Now I am reading The Havana Room by Colin Harrison. Yes, they are related. They are husband and wife and both have written a number of books. I read the most recent New York Times Sunday serial in the NYTimes Magazine by Colin Harrison and it…
A very good book I just finished reading over the weekend was Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo. Russo is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for writing Empire Falls. I had never read anything of Russo’s before reading Bridge of Sighs. Before traveling to Venice a few years ago, all “Bridge of Sighs” meant…
A cable channel I just recently discovered is Ovation TV. I didn’t know it existed until I was resetting my favorites on digital cable not too long ago. Apparently, the channel has been around in some form for about 12 years. If you can’t find anything to watch, try this channel. I have recently seen…
Brideshead Revisited is a 2008 film starring Matthew Goode, Hayley Atwell, Ben Whishaw, and Emma Thompson. Based on the 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel, the 2008 film version follows a 1981 TV mini-series that launched the career of Jeremy Irons. The film follows the story of Charles Ryder, a middle-class London chap who goes to university…
I was looking at a list of books that Francine Prose recommends at the back of her Reading Like a Writer. The last one on the list is Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Later, I was at Half Price Books and saw Reservation Road by John Burnham Schwartz. I couldn’t remember Yates’ name and thought…
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