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    Jan 12, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. An invisible man, live on stage

    Can you do a play about an invisible man? About an African-American whom others simply refuse to see? <a class="runtimeTopic" href="#">Ralph Ellison</a>, it seems fair to surmise, thought probably not. Not well, anyway. Not something that would do justice to the moment, shortly after the end of World War II, when a mostly impecunious writer, an African-American visitor to Vermont, wrote five words on a piece of paper &mdash; "I am an invisible man" &mdash; without knowing why or where it might lead him.
    Can you do a play about an invisible man? About an African-American whom others simply refuse to see? Ralph Ellison, it seems fair to surmise, thought probably not. Not well, anyway. Not something that would do justice to the moment, shortly after the end...

    Tags: Malcolm X, World War II (1939-1945), Ralph Ellison, Documentary (genre), Mark Twain

    2. Dec 15, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  2. 14 eclectic, bookish gifts

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    Bookends, wall decor, jewelry, e-reader cases and more -- 14 eclectic gift ideas for the book lover on your list....
    3. Jan 26, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  3. Theater review: 'And God Created Great Whales' at REDCAT

    Culture Monster
    Mark Swed reviews Rinde Eckert's stunningly effective "Moby Dick" theater piece, "And God Created Great Whales" at REDCAT....
    4. Feb 20, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  4. Ben Heppner cancels 'Moby-Dick' performance in San Diego

    Culture Monster
    Ben Heppner has canceled his Tuesday appearance in "Moby-Dick" at San Diego Opera. The company said in a statement that the tenor is ill and that the role of Captain Ahab will be sung by Jay Hunter Morris on that night....
    5. Nov 27, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. The Siren's Call: A horn of plenty's worth of holiday reading

    One Thanksgiving lesson most school kids probably don't receive has to do with the horn of plenty adorning festive paintings. For me it always seemed like a weird choice for carrying harvested food &mdash; what about a simple, flat-bottomed basket? But I didn't know that the horn was special. In classical myth, the horn is a symbol for several food- and wealth-related gods because, one story goes, Zeus played too roughly with a goat and broke its horn. To make amends, he promised to fill that broken horn with whatever food the animal desired.
    One Thanksgiving lesson most school kids probably don't receive has to do with the horn of plenty adorning festive paintings. For me it always seemed like a weird choice for carrying harvested food — what about a simple, flat-bottomed basket? But...

    Tags: Anglo-Saxon Gold Hoard Discovery (2009), Poetry, Literature, Guy Ritchie, Colleges and Universities

    6. Dec 4, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Tablets: Downloadable classic books are in abundance

    Let's say you're getting, or giving, a new tablet or an e-reader (iPad, Kobo, Nook or Kindle Fire) for the holidays. Here's an idea for what to do with it: Load it first with free books. Thanks to Project Gutenberg, as well as the cultural gift known as public domain, you can build a library, as I have, with a variety of classic literature, gratis: Daniel Defoe's "A Journal of the Plague Year," Benjamin Franklin's "Autobiography," Kate Chopin's "The Awakening." It's enough to make you believe in the free flow of ideas.
    Let's say you're getting, or giving, a new tablet or an e-reader (iPad, Kobo, Nook or Kindle Fire) for the holidays. Here's an idea for what to do with it: Load it first with free books. Thanks to Project Gutenberg, as well as the cultural gift known as...

    Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Henry Fielding, Apple iPad, Arts and Culture, Daniel Defoe

    7. Sep 30, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. From politics to poetry

    It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and Joe McGinnis pitched in with "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin." (That caused a minor tempest last year when the author moved in next door to his subject, infuriating the former Alaska governor.)
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    It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and Joe McGinnis pitched in with "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin." (That...

    Tags: Clarence Thomas, Literature, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Patti Smith, Dick Cheney

    8. Sep 29, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Fall book preview

    It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and in November we'll see a different (and perhaps conflicting?) take when Condoleezza Rice publishes "No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington." John Paul Stevens reflects on his 35 years on the Supreme Court in "Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir"; Michele Bachmann weighs in with an as yet untitled book about her life.
    Tribune newspapers
    It's tempting, looking at the fall's books, to think of this as a political season. Dick Cheney got it started with "In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir," and in November we'll see a different (and perhaps conflicting?) take when Condoleezza...

    Tags: Clarence Thomas, Literature, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Patti Smith, Sarah Palin

    9. Jun 5, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Making a Summer Splash

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      Looking for big splashy fun to cool down the summer heat?   Consider a weekend jaunt to breezy San Diego. It’s more than just a pretty bay. Turns out, San Diego’s waterfront is loaded with all types of ocean adventures, from speedboating...

    Tags: Paul Gauguin, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Defense, San Diego (San Diego, California), India

    10. Oct 16, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Book review: 'The Art of Fielding' by Chad Harbach

    The Art of Fielding
    The Art of Fielding A Novel Chad Harbach Little, Brown: 528 pp., $25.99 In terms of conjuring a shorthand for a certain American innocence, there are few delivery systems quite so direct as baseball. Touched on by a library's worth of authors...

    Tags: Literature, Cinderella (fictional character), Raymond Carver, Stephen King, Don DeLillo

    11. Jul 30, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Henry Carlisle dies at 84; author, translator helped bring Solzhenitsyn's work to Western audiences

    Henry Carlisle, a San Francisco author, translator and former editor who with his wife helped bring two works<b> </b>by <a href="http://lat.ms/r3Fsel">Alexander Solzhenitsyn</a> to Western audiences, has died. He was 84.
    Henry Carlisle, a San Francisco author, translator and former editor who with his wife helped bring two works by Alexander Solzhenitsyn to Western audiences, has died. He was 84. Carlisle died of complications from pneumonia July 11 in San Francisco,...

    Tags: Elections, Connecticut, Literature, New York, Colleges and Universities

    12. Nov 10, 2011 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. How 'Moby-Dick' helped Matt Kish reignite his passion for illustration

    A couple of years ago, about the time Matt Kish turned 40, he decided his hobby was becoming laborious and unrewarding. By day he drove from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to Dayton, where he worked in a library, his title, "audio-video materials selection specialist," as exhausting as his commute. But by night he painted and drew &mdash; so much so that, though Kish had never taken art classes, trained as an illustrator, found gallery representation or sold a single piece of art, he considered himself something of a frustrated artist.
    Chicago Tribune reporter
    A couple of years ago, about the time Matt Kish turned 40, he decided his hobby was becoming laborious and unrewarding. By day he drove from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to Dayton, where he worked in a library, his title, "audio-video materials selection...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Thomas Pynchon, Whale (animal), Heart (music group), Religion and Belief

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