Posts Tagged ‘books’
Paper vs. Electronic
If you take the New York Times (as in subscribe to it or read it regularly) you may have noticed that the Book Review now includes a segment called By the Book, which features a Q&A with various writers. This week, it’s the American novelist and nonfiction writer, Anne Lamott, and my attention was caught … Read More »
Oliver Stone’s Untold History
Oliver Stone is no stranger to controversy. His trilogy of Vietnam war films, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven & Earth; his take on the Kennedy assignation in JFK; the violence of Natural Born Killers; his “greed is good” indictment in Wall Street, his portrayal of Turkish people in Midnight Express, and … Read More »
Top 5 – Books
I like to consider myself an avid reader. If I had to choose 5 books from my shelf to have while stranded on a deserted island (based on re-readability, love of characters/world/subject matter) , I’d choose: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K. Dick Lord of the Rings/Hobbit – J. R. R. Tolkien Alice’s Adventures … Read More »
Teju Cole’s Open City
The Nigerian writer, Teju Cole, who was born in the US, grew up in Nigeria, and now lives in Brooklyn, visited the MFA Reading Program at the University of Baltimore recently, and we had the great privilege of having him visit our International Writing Workshop beforehand. He is also a photographer and an art historian … Read More »
Getting in on the conversation
With “The Help” picking up four Oscar nominations today, I confess I’m only just catching up with this highly successful phenomenon. I was certainly not one of those who contributed to its being on the New York Times best seller list for more than 100 weeks! Having grown up under the egregious apartheid system in … Read More »
