Soon there’ll be more foreigners on earth than there are Americans. Foreignness is a planetary condition, and even when you walk through your hometown—whether that’s New York or London or Sydney—half the people around you are speaking in languages and dealing in traditions different from your own. Read the article at Lapham’s Quarterly But there…Continue reading Friday Reads – Pico Iyer on the Pleasures of Being Foreign, Ethan Siegel on Dark Matter
Category: Ephemera
Maria Popova’s Animated Essay: Wisdom in the Age of Information
In this stunning collaboration with animator Drew Christie, Maria Popova parses the difference between wisdom and knowledge and ends with a question we should all be asking ourselves. Popova, the brain behind the phenomenal intellect and arts blog Brain Pickings, teamed up with Christie for the Future of Storytelling Conference. “A great story invites an…Continue reading Maria Popova’s Animated Essay: Wisdom in the Age of Information
Writer success story – why sometimes you have to tune out the criticism
Roald Dahl authored dozens of books, including the beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach “This boy is an indolent and illiterate member of the class.” age 16, summer term English composition “A persistent muddler, vocabulary negligible, sentences malconstructed. He reminds me of a camel.” Summer term 1932, age 16, English…Continue reading Writer success story – why sometimes you have to tune out the criticism
Crystal Springs – the new play by Kathy Rucker
This sounds really good: award-winning playwright Kathy Rucker’s new play, Crystal Springs. Crystal Springs runs March 6 – March 23 at The Eureka Theatre in San Francisco. Read more and get tickets at crystalspringstheplay.com. About the play: (via the website) Crystal Springs is a thought-provoking new play that interweaves the challenges of parenting in the…Continue reading Crystal Springs – the new play by Kathy Rucker
Bay Area Literary Events
I’ll be talking about my brand new novel, Golden State, at several locations in the Bay Area. All of the following events are free and open to the public. We have fun, I promise! Wed., 2/5/14, Palo Alto Peninsula book launch for GOLDEN STATE at Books Inc. Palo Alto, 7:00 p.m.I 2/19, Mendocino The Gallery Bookshop,…Continue reading Bay Area Literary Events