Happy Birthday Anne Tyler + Guest Blog Post by Angela Bell

Anne Tyler deserves all the chocolate cupcakes she could ever want for her birthday!

Anne Tyler is one of my favorite authors! Who is yours?

10 Characters You Can Relate To by ChrissiReads

Does a character from a novel remind you of yourself?

Christmas and More ala Truman Capote by da-AL

Writer/novelist/artist/actor/personality Truman Capote.

Truman Capote was a genius writer and spoken word performer. He's best known for "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Yes, the movie version that starred the lovely Audrey Hepburn but that horribly mangled Capote's marvelous novella. Here Capote reads aloud his heartbreakingly sweet and profound autobiographical "A Christmas Memory"... https://youtu.be/RUKoXXhvnyg Here, along with his "Among the Paths to… Continue reading Christmas and More ala Truman Capote by da-AL

Happy Un-Holidays by da-AL

Still from John Water's film, "Female Trouble"

Are you feeling holiday-ish?

Part 2: Tehran Visits The Louvre

Abbas Kiarostami, (Iran 1940-2016)

Art bridges cultures and makes us see differently (that's why the first of my novels-in-progress is titled, "Flamenco & the Sitting Cat")  -- look again at these art photos by Abbas Kiarostami, a noted Iranian film producer/director/screenwriter, poet, and photographer. In his photos, Kiarostami examines the relationship between art and visitors. He shot them at the… Continue reading Part 2: Tehran Visits The Louvre