Archive for November, 2007
Maria Edgeworth on Opening Heart to Heart
The human heart,
at whatever age,
opens only to the heart
that opens in return.”
~Maria Edgeworth~
(1 January 1767 – 22 May 1849) Anglo-Irish novelist
Martin Puryear Retrospective opens at MOMA
Photo: Richard Barnes/Museum of Modern Art
One of my favorite artists, Marin Puryear is an African-American artist who has prevailed and brought it on home. Read Roberta Smith’s comprehensive review “Humanity’s Ascent in Three Dimensions” at the NY Times online and see a slide show of Puryear’s visually pure, carefully wrought, and deeply felt work. It’s [...]
Book Evenings at Left Bank Books I loved
On Halloween, as young ones paraded in costumes along Euclid in the Central West End of St. Louis, an intimate group of literature-lovers sat inside Left Bank Books, enthralled as Qiu Xiaolong read from his book “Evoking Tang: An Anthology of Classical Chinese Poetry.” To make it all the more interesting, Qiu Xiaolong is the [...]
Join Friends of Left Bank Books Literary Society & support great programs and a great community bookstore
Left Bank Books is St. Louis’ full-service independent bookstore. “We offer friendly, experienced service and value our customers as part of our family. In May 1996, we launched the Friends of Left Bank Books Literary Society, a membership organization to which patrons subscribe. The Friends program provides booklovers with another way to support independent [...]
Left Bank Books names “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz as next reading group choice
If you are in St. Louis on November 13th at 7:30 p.m. and want to know about Oscar, the newest victim of the Fuku, the curse that has haunted his family for generations, dooming them to prison, torture, tragic accidents, and above all, ill-starred love…and (dare we hope?) how to avoid it…come over to Left [...]
Junot Diaz, author “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” is fresh, fun, and frank
My guest on Riehlife today is Junot Diaz whom I was lucky enough to hear speak at my local library branch in the Central West End in St. Louis before he went to Rome for a year to write. I found him funny, refreshing, and frank. Here are some of his thoughts on his work, [...]
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