Month: March 2005

March 29, 2005

>Edward P. Jones at Washington & Lee

>I attended a reading by Edward P. Jones at Washington & Lee this afternoon. Jones, who was a National Book award Finalist for his…
March 27, 2005

>The Tamer Tamed

>Tonight was the closing performance of The Tamer Tamed, by John Fletcher, at Shenandoah Shakespeare’s Blackfriars Playhouse. The play, performed originally by Shakespeare’s company…
March 26, 2005

>A King and No King

>My dash to catch all three of this season’s repertoire at Shenandoah Shakespeare continued last night; I saw their production of A King and…
March 22, 2005

>Passing the Stick

>Carol passed it to me: 1. You’re stuck inside Fahrenheit 451, which book do you want to be?Ulysses 2. Have you ever had a…
March 22, 2005

>Slow Newsreel of Man Riding Train (Cont’d–Part I.4)

>4.Paducah. It is 7 a.m. on the morning of May the 15th 1924.Delicious odor of fried hominy grits drenched in molasses.Lightly in the gutter…
March 21, 2005

>Interview with Lorraine Lopez

>Check out this Interview with Lorraine Lopez, one of the Virginia Festival of the Book panelists I mentioned yesterday.
March 20, 2005

>More on the Virginia Festival of the Book

>Although the New Stories from the South panel was excellent, it was tucked into a corner of the Barnes & Noble and so it…
March 19, 2005

>Taming of the Shrew

>There’s small choice in rotten apples. True enough, but it’s just about the only memorable line from a very funny play. I went last…
March 19, 2005

>Writing Short Stories

>The second panel I attended at Virginia Festival of the Book was on Writing Short Stories. One of the readers was my friend from…
March 19, 2005

>New Stories from the South 2004

>Today was the only day I’m going to get to this year’s Virginia Festival of the Book, but the two panels I attended were…
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