Looking Closer
And last but not least… it appears that somebody over at Image journal has read Auralia’s Colors! Read more
And last but not least… it appears that somebody over at Image journal has read Auralia’s Colors! Read more
Thom Jurek has a review, and I heartily agree with it. The review doesn’t mention the fact that OTR’s fans have had this album for a year now. Read more
SuperFastReader is sure enthusiastic about Auralia’s Colors. She’s gone beyond reviewing it. Now she’s giving a copy away, and she’s posted the conversation we had last week. Read more
Letters like this make my day. I hoped that the book would inspire people to meet together, watch great films, and discuss them. And it’s happening. I continue to hear from people who are discovering the book and starting their own discussion groups. Here’s one that came today: … [M]y dad purchased your book for me and I read it over the summer while I was working as a counselor at a Christian camp. I cannot remember being so enamored... Read more
It’s a shame that Helena Bonham Carter earned a Best Actress nomination for this performance, when so many others — take last year’s Margaret’s Museum, for example — have allowed her to be the combustibly reckless personality that only she can be. (more…) Read more
When the child was a child, it was the time of these questions. Why am I me, and why not you? Why am I here, and why not there? When did time begin, and where does space end? … Isn’t what I see, hear, and smell just the mirage of a world before the world? … How can it be that I, who am I, wasn’t before I was, and that sometime I, the one I am, no longer will... Read more
First came the announcement: The Dark is Rising, Susan Cooper’s classic novel of fantasy and adventure, was becoming a movie. Then came the trailer, and hopes quickly began to crumble. It looked awful. And the story had clearly been revised to be more “accessible,” rewriting the particular context and characters of the book. (more…) Read more
At Hollywood Elsewhere, the buzz for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film is building… with some substance this time. My favorite American director. My favorite actor. I’m getting impatient. WHOAH! Here’s a review by Marjorie Baumgarten at Variety. And lo and behold… Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood did the soundtrack!! Certain to be rewarded with year-end accolades, Anderson’s film is a true American saga – one that rivals “Giant” and “Citizen Kane” in our popular lore as origin stories about how we came... Read more
SuperFastReader is hosting a giveaway of a signed copy of Auralia’s Colors. Your move. Read more
Missed the Auralia’s Colors readings? Here’s another chance… I will be reading from Auralia’s Colors, and paying tribute to the great Madeleine L’Engle, at Village Books in Bellingham, Washington on Wendesday, November 28. The fun begins at 7 p.m.! So, come to the land of Luci Shaw… the festival in Fairhaven… and let’s be thankful for fairy tales. Thanksgiving will last a little longer this year. Read more
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