Book: Millard Kaufman, Bowl of Cherries Publication date: 2007 Publisher: McSweeney’s Books, San Francisco, CA ? . . . I am no less the hero of my life than great Caesar was of his.? Millard Kaufman in Bowl of Cherries A brilliant scholar is holed up in an Iraqi nuclear facility, expending his awesome brainpower… Read more »
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Book: Clive James, Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts Publication date: 2007 Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, NY If you’ve ever been blessed with access to a good library and the freedom to choose your next tome based on names mentioned in whatever book is setting you on… Read more »
(Notes from a conversation with Wanda Waterman St. Louis on January 29, 2008.) Sam Baker is a Texan singer-songwriter whose first CD, Mercy, in 2004 brought him an ardent and extensive following in North America and Europe. Two decades ago Sam survived a bomb blast perpetrated by Peru’s Shining Path rebels. For the Mindful Bard… Read more »
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CD: Sam Baker, Pretty World Release date: 2007 Label: BlueLimeStone Publishing Produced by Walt Wilkins and Tim Lorsch of Bull Creek Productions In Pretty World Sam Baker presents us with a grittily beatific vision of the saints and sinners of Texas, which turns out to be a rich microcosm of the world at large. Kudos… Read more »
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Bob Snider: Conscious and Mad (Notes from a conversation with Wanda Waterman St. Louis) On the New CD, A Maze in Greys I got the name for this CD after listening to some politicians. It occurred to me that the world we’re building is lacking in black and white truth. It’s always ?a maze in… Read more »
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