When Julia Dean went to live and work in Maine as an apprentice to famed photographer Berenice Abbott, Julia had just completed her Bachelor of Science degree in photography at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Julia was 23 and Abbott was 80. Julia was her last apprentice. Abbott had first made her reputation in 1920s […]
The Right in Retrograde
from David Corn, Mother Jones, Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty During his primary campaign, Inglis repeatedly encountered enraged conservatives whom he couldn’t—or wouldn’t—satisfy. Shortly before the runoff primary election, Inglis met with about a dozen tea party activists at the modest ranch-style home of one of them. Here’s what took place: I sat down, […]
Jazz Is: 8 – Horace Silver, Senor Blues
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The Right in Retrograde
From Brent Barker of Newsbusters: In her debut Sunday morning as host of ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, the long-time CNN international correspondent brought a foreigner’s perspective to the program as she treated her lack of knowledge and familiarity with U.S. politics as an asset and the current New York City resident seemed to […]
Writers Write
“I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.” Carson McCullers, The Square Root of Wonderful, 1958 ——— Related articles by Zemanta Rattlestick unveils slate (variety.com) Book Review: The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories by Carson McCullers (blogcritics.org) The Girl Who Was JT LeRoy […]