Sheila E. wants to write more, expand book to film
Sunday, 12 October 2014, 13:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Days before the release of Sheila E.'s autobiography, news spread that she was once engaged to Prince. The bigger bombshell, however, didn't get nearly as much attention. "Pretty much, I was...
'Paying Guests' filled with romance, sex
Saturday, 11 October 2014, 13:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Fans of Sarah Waters will feel cloaked in comfy familiarity when they sink into her new novel, "The Paying Guests." The setting is London, 1922. The post-war economy forces upper-class Frances, a...
'Do Fathers Matter?' says something new
Friday, 10 October 2014, 13:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
From the tiniest microbe or fragment of DNA to the origins of the universe, it sometimes feels as if every subject generates a vast tide of scientific studies and that virtually nothing escapes...
Critic & museum director on encounters with art
Thursday, 9 October 2014, 13:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Stendhal wrote about feeling faint in the presence of great art. Goethe said that merely knowing that a sculpture he admired could be created made him "twice the person" he was. Proust, in an episode...
Bezmozgis novel explores loyalty, betrayal
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 12:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
"The Betrayers" (Little, Brown and Co.), by David Bezmozgis The betrayals come thick and fast in David Bezmozgis' aptly titled and beautifully written second novel, "The Betrayers." The first...
Author delivers 'Star Wars' tour de force
Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 12:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
"How Star Wars Conquered the Universe: The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise" (Basic Books), by Chris Taylor Chris Taylor, deputy editor of the social media website...
Sheila E. wants to write more, expand book to film
Friday, 3 October 2014, 12:59
Last update: about 11 years ago
Days before the release of Sheila E.'s autobiography, news spread that she was once engaged to Prince. The bigger bombshell, however, didn't get nearly as much attention. "Pretty much, I was...
'Do Fathers Matter?' says something new
Tuesday, 30 September 2014, 20:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
From the tiniest microbe or fragment of DNA to the origins of the universe, it sometimes feels as if every subject generates a vast tide of scientific studies and that virtually nothing escapes...