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Bob Dylan’s Voice (by Lawrence J. Epstein)
Mark Twain, in a characteristically wry observation, once noted that "Wagner's music is better than it sounds." A comparable comment can be made about Bob Dylan's voice, or, more accurately, his voices. Anyone who,…
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Blurb of the Week – Used Bookstore, December 29, 2009
Teeth by Hugh Gallagher (Pocket Books, 1998) "Finally, the dental masterpiece we've all been waiting for." — Gore Vidal — sdh
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“The Rules of Chess” [by Lindsay Daigle]
There are eight pawns, like a city. They are babies cast down the river. The knights disappear into an L-shaped darkness, two fiery preachers. Each bishop drives drunk in sideways rain. Rooks turn their…
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Beware of “An Education”
Last evening Stacey and I went to see the highly touted movie "An Education." It is a well-acted British film set in London and Oxford in 1961; the young (24) actress Carey Mulligan won…
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End of the Year Bits ‘n Bobs
This week, we're going to use this space to post items that came to us during the year but that somehow got lost in the deluge. First up: We recently learned about the Ella…
