December 31, 2020: In response to an overwhelming lack of demand, I’m listing the five best books about old Hollywood …
Not That You Asked…
“I’m from the Bronx”
December 27, 2020: Oh good: today the Portland Press Herald runs my review of a thriller set in the Bronx—it’s …
I’m the Best! I Mean I’m a Best!
December 25, 2020: Merry Christmas to me: Salon has selected my essay “‘Low Class’ Donald Trump and the Wasps: Reckoning …
Such a Character (Actor)!
November 19, 2020: You know how I’ve always meant to but haven’t (yet) written a book about golden-age Hollywood character …
I Have a Good Excuse!
October 25, 2020: Today in the Portland Press Herald I review Carol Goodman’s The Sea of Lost Girls (see here), …
Bumpy Night, Holy Cripes
October 11, 2020: Jessica Barry’s second thriller, Don’t Turn Around, which I review today (see here) in the Portland Press …
It’s Mame! I Mean It’s Maine!
July 26, 2020: Angela Lansbury was, of course, Broadway’s Mame, and she was, even of courser, Maine personified by Jessica …
Why James Garner?
May 10, 2020: Two reasons. One: I love James Garner. Two: He played Philip Marlowe in 1969’s marvelous shambles Marlowe, …
Jennifer Jones Made Her Do It!
May 8, 2020: I haven’t read Emma Straub’s 2012 novel, Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures, but I believe she wrote …
(Left to Right) Art, Artstar, Star
March 22, 2020: I’m trying to tell you that I just reviewed Anne Elliott’s short story collection, The Artstars, for …