Raw, keening Appalachian tenor
Charles McGrath says bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley’s new memoir at times recalls his songs, “full of pain and loss.” (Via.)
Charles McGrath says bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley’s new memoir at times recalls his songs, “full of pain and loss.” (Via.)
In Point Omega, out in February, DeLillo “takes on the secret strategist in America’s war machine.” (Via.)
Susan Ramsey urged me months ago to read Bonnie Jo Campbell’s American Salvage. Still haven’t, but the NBA judges have.
Bob Fosse played the snake in a 1974 adaptation of The Little Prince. Seeing his astonishing dance moves juxtaposed here with a “Billie Jean” soundtrack reminds me how freaked out and completely spellbound I was when I first encountered the movie, in reruns at a local theater, at four or five. In hindsight, The Little Prince was a pretty . . .
I enjoyed Blake Bailey’s biography, but Brock Clarke argues, passionately, that it’s overshadowed John Cheever’s fiction.