16 Monday Jun 2014
‘My Baby Shot Me Down’ is the subtitle of ‘Bang Bang’, an eerie ballad made famous by Cher and Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s, and more recently revived in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. And it is now the title of a new anthology, showcasing women writers. On the cover a paint-splattered angel, or ballerina – a little girl’s figurine – dons a gas-mask for what looks like a psychedelic reworking of Nirvana’s In Utero. Continue reading
02 Monday Jun 2014
Posted in Books, Non-Fiction, Theatre
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My review of Stella! Mother of Modern Acting, Sheana Ochoa‘s compelling new biography of Stella Adler – the actress, director and teacher who lived through extraordinary times, and after a revelatory meeting with Stanislavsky, made it her mission to challenge the dominance of Lee Strasberg’s Method – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
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02 Friday May 2014
Posted in Books, Fiction, Interviews, Marilyn Monroe
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My interview with novelist Charles Casillo, author of The Marilyn Diaries, is posted today at Immortal Marilyn.
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17 Thursday Apr 2014
Posted in Film, Lana Del Rey, Music
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Allen Ginsberg, Anthony Mandler, Bel Air, Body Electric, Charles F. Haanel, Elvis Presley, Gods and Monsters, Jesus Christ, John Wayne, Lana Del Rey, Los Angeles, Marilyn Monroe, New Thought, Paradise, Tropico, Walt Whitman
“I prefer to bask in the legend of people I’ve only heard about,” Lana Del Rey writes in a memo given out at the premiere of her short film, Tropico, in December 2013. “To me – they are as real as the people sitting in this theater.” Continue reading
01 Tuesday Apr 2014
Posted in Anniversaries, Fiction, History, Politics
My review of Public Battles, Private Wars – a new novel by Laura Wilkinson, marking the thirtieth anniversary of the Miners’ Strike – is posted today at For Books’ Sake.
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