Before anything, I should declare that I love Malcolm Gladwell’s books, and I have read every single one of them! I picked up his latest book, Talking to Strangers, with high expectations, but I should establish the fact that my high expectancies of this book were not quite met. By the time I had finished reading […]
I had meant to read this book, Thrive, by Ariana Huffington, since it came out two years ago, but what delayed me was that in the list of “notes to myself of what I should not do and seriously avoid,” (yes, I have a list as such that I obey accordingly and religiously), one of the […]
Tatiana Trouvé On the Eve of Never Leaving November 1, 2019 – January 11, 2020 Gagosian Gallery Beverly Hills A large body of work, consisting of drawings and sculptures by the Italian artist, Tatiana Trouvé, are on view at the Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. The title of this exhibition, On the Eve of Never […]
Do you write for others or for yourself only? Fiction is meant to be shared, and I don’t know many serious fiction writers who would say that they write only for themselves. I’m certainly one of my toughest critics, and I have to love and stand by what I’ve written before I feel ready to […]
Do you write for others or for yourself only?I write in conversation with a range of historical texts and people, and contemporary ideas, and living humans (some of whom I explicitly know, and some of whom I hope will find the work). I frequently discover new commonalities with strangers and even friends through writing, so, while […]
