You’ve heard about the Occupy Wall Street protests. You’ve heard about Oakland, and other cities in which protesters are stirring up trouble.
But things are far worse. Check out this recent image… (more…)
There is a new Leonard Cohen album coming in January. But even if there wasn’t, this video would be enough to hold me for a while… (more…)
How to Save a Life, the new novel by my favorite YA novelist, Sara Zarr, is now in stores, and I highly recommend you pick up a copy for any young adult in your life who is willing to sit down, open a book, and pay attention. (I understand that we’re talking about an endangered species.)
I’ve been following Sara’s work since before her first novel was published, as we met in a fiction workshop in Santa Fe. It’s been a joy to see her work embraced and celebrated. And I’m thrilled to have contributed a very small piece to the new project: the author photo. (Sara and her husband joined Anne and me for a week’s vacation at Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, where I happened to snap that shot.)
Here’s what Sara has to say about her writing at Good Letters: (more…)
I’ve had quite a few emails asking me for my opinion of the new film Courageous, from the makers of Facing the Giants and Fireproof.
I haven’t seen it. And based on what I’ve read from a lot of respectable sources, I doubt that I will.
But I’m happy to serve up some of the most thoughtful responses I’ve seen… (more…)
Christmas is coming.
Pick up any of my five books to give as Christmas gifts, and I’ll mail you the following as a no-charge bonus: (more…)
Are you excited about Anonymous, the movie that’s going to shock the world by revealing the shocking truth? No, me either. Check this out, from a New York Times take-down of the film:
The most troubling thing about Anonymous is not that it turns Shakespeare into an illiterate money-grubber. It’s not even that England’s virgin Queen Elizabeth is turned into a wantonly promiscuous woman who is revealed to be both the lover and mother of de Vere. Rather, it’s that in making the case for de Vere, the film turns great plays into propaganda.
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By bringing this unsubstantiated version of history to the screen, a lot of facts — theatrical and political — are trampled.
(Thanks to Gregory Wolfe for sending that link along.)
Here are a bunch of other links worth checking out… (more…)
