The best stories on Capote buried here- September 27, 2005 In honor of--or rather in order to market--the new Capote film, The New York Times is running something called "A Sponsored Archive," with free links to some of its most important pieces published about him over the years. (Normally, they charge for archive stories.) Can't wait for the film. In Cold Blood has been in my top five books ever since I read it about five years ago. And I do hope to knock it off its pedestal one day. Eager to see Hollywood's take on the ghastly compromises he...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/books/2005/09/26.html#a1689 NOTICE: See you on the weekends- September 26, 2005 Hey. You might have noticed I'm rarely here during the week these days. Yes, by design. Trying to keep my focus entirely on my book during the week. Hence the big one-day bursts on Saturdays and Sundays. So look for me then. (Or on Mondays when you get back to trolling the web at the office, while your boss is away. heeheehee.) OK, better try that bigger: LOOK FOR ME MOSTLY ON THE WEEKENDS UNTIL THIS BOOK IS DONE! Occasionally I may stop by in an evening, if I've had a great day and deserve...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/books/2005/09/26.html#a1687 Faulkner rules!- September 25, 2005 That title feels a bit silly to me now, but I could imagine no other heading when I first envisioned this post two months ago, so I couldn't forgive myself if I committed it now. Sorry for the delay. So busy. But I did what Oprah told me this summer, and picked up my beautiful little boxed set of three Faulkners. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions on the order to approach them. I decided Oprah's handlers prolly knew what they were doing by leading me into As I Lay Dying out of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/books/2005/09/25.html#a1680 yet another lovehate relationship- September 15, 2005 You guys are so great sending me all the emails, but you really should consider putting them into the comments, so everyone can share. (They're a lot more insightful than the comments crap I read on most blogs.) Bill, who will otherwise remain anonymous since I didn't ask permission just responded, in part, to my message about Faulkner, a ways back, that I am so delinquent in following up on. He writes: My favorite quote from As I Lay Dying, Addie Bundren says, "He had a word, too. Love, he...http://blogs.salon.com/0001137/categories/books/2005/09/15.html#a1674 |