Over the weekend I saw the Van Gogh exhibit currently at the Philadelphia Art Museum. I [...]
Some thoughts about Henry Miller
By Albert DiBartolomeoFriday, February 10th, 2012
The recently published Henry Miller and the Making of the Tropic of Cancer by Frederick Turner [...]
Salinger Update
By Albert DiBartolomeoThursday, February 2nd, 2012
Here’s the latest on J. D. Salinger according to Kenneth Slawenski, author of J. D. Salinger: [...]
The peculiar J. D. Salinger
By Albert DiBartolomeoMonday, January 9th, 2012
I recently finished the new biography of J. D. Salinger – J. D. Salinger: A Life – [...]
In praise of Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
By Albert DiBartolomeoFriday, December 2nd, 2011
I had been thinking of writing this week about James Agee’s Let Us Now Praise Famous [...]
Writers’ biographies
By Albert DiBartolomeoTuesday, November 29th, 2011
I have a weakness for biographies about writers, especially those about the lives of the writers [...]
The Voices of Writers
By Albert DiBartolomeoTuesday, November 22nd, 2011
If you’re curious, like me, about how writers sound, check out their voices on YouTube. Some [...]
Shakespeare who?
By Albert DiBartolomeoFriday, November 11th, 2011
I guess it was only a matter of time before someone would make a film about [...]
100 best novels
By Albert DiBartolomeoWednesday, November 9th, 2011
How well are you read? A way to gauge that is to check out a list [...]
Kurt Vonnegut Biography
By Albert DiBartolomeoMonday, November 7th, 2011
While having my usual tea and slice of raisin bread around 7am this morning, I scanned [...]
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