Archive for March, 2010
Got Baldwin?
I spent my lunch hours this past week writing an essay that largely concerns James Baldwin, and so I had occasion to revisit some of his works. I am able now to do what I couldn’t when I fell head over heels for Baldwin and his writing in my twenties: look at that writing with [...]
Jazz 101
A while back a colleague of mine, wanting to get into jazz, asked me to put together a list of records to help him get started. I thought it might be a good list to put here, for someone to refer to, or add to, or disagree with. Anyway, here are some jazz greats and [...]
Up in Pieces
One Georges Laphroig, an excellent fellow I’m sure, wrote to TellCliff recently to say that he disagreed with my positive take on the movie Up in the Air. “I found it soft,” he wrote. “Imagine, please, the same role played by the middle-aged Jack Nicholson, someone who takes positive pleasure in firing people. A mesmerizing [...]
