Julia Dean, of this blog, was born in the town of Broken Bow, population 3,491 (give or take), in Custer County, Nebraska. The town’s environs are home to Nebraska’s largest cattle feedlot. Julia’s father, Henry Judson “Bud” Dean, a sign painter, was once the mayor of Broken Bow. His grandfather, James R. Dean was an […]
Writers Write
“I’m just trying to look at something without blinking.” Toni Morrison
Writers Write
“Never trust the artist. Trust the tale.” D. H. Lawrence
Cine-File: I Am Love
Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love is film in its most fully realized nature. It is a film of such mastery that analyses of its craft and expression, already appreciated, will grow over the years. It is the kind of art produced on those rare occasions when an artist’s vision and his insight into how to […]
Writer’s Write
“The writer relies on language and not to speak for a prolonged period is the same as suicide.” Gao Xingjian Gao Xingjian accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature