The Millions (A Blog About Books) (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
On the violence of Richard Yates's dialog, the failures of human speech in everyday life, and the silent togetherness of man and dog.
Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
It took me a few weeks to read Blake Bailey’s exhaustive and exhausting (770 pages tip to tail) biography of John Cheever. Living with Cheever even for a month was no picnic: as his wife or children would tell you. He was a depressive, conflicted alcoholic, notably “enchained within the prison of self” even for a writer: when his children read some of the thousands of pages of his...
Brothers Judd Book Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Everything gets aborted in the book. That was supposed to be the theme of the book. I remember when I was first working on it and feeling my way into it, somebody at a party asked me what I was writing a novel about, and I said I thought I was writing a novel about abortion. And the guy said what do you mean by that? And I said, it's going to be built on a series of abortions, of all kinds - an aborted...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Adam Mars-Jones finds much to relish in Blake Bailey's life of John Cheever – a writer who had an immense capacity for joy but none for happiness Blake Bailey seems to specialise in writing the lives of self-destructive American writers – first Richard Yates , now John Cheever. He may have a full biographical career ahead of him. Cheever breaks the general pattern by virtue of a late recovery...
The dish (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I’ll be on 1080 the Fan in Portland Oregon tonight around 5:40 local time, and on AllNight with Jason Smith in the small hours. Tomorrow I’ll be on the Herd at 12:10 pm EDT. Look for my World Series preview piece on ESPN.com around midday. – Richard Yates’ Revolutionary Road, which made the TIME 100, portrays the [...]
Brit Lit Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Tao Lin is a writer I’ve been meaning to read since seeing praise for his novel Eeeee Eee Eeee . Lin is a self-made phenomenon, seemingly as interested in presentation of himself as in his work, perhaps as keen on ‘being a writer’ as in being a writer: he sold shares in his forthcoming second novel (to be called Richard Yates ), and reading his irony-laden interviews, it’s...
paulcanning (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Now anyone whose reads me knows I like video .. So watch this ... N'kay. All done? Jan Moir is a Daily Mail columnist whose printed words have today caused her to reach for her boss' PR agency (because of an Internet revolt that Twitter was at the heart of that blew up the Press Complaints Commission's website ) in order to say she's not what you think she is. That is significant. Today was significant....
download movies free2you (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Revolutionary Road (2008) DVD rip Release Date:- 23 January 2009 (USA) Plot:- A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates. Set in 1955, the plot focuses on the hopes and aspirations of self-assured Frank and April Wheeler, who forsake life in the...
Blogcritics: Books (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
A classic novel that does not live up to the hype, even as it exceeds its author's earlier works. Sponsored Topics: RevolutionaryRoad - Richard Yates - Fiction - Shopping - Publications
Waveney Valley Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
www.dissfilmsociety.com Next Screening: 12th October 2009 The Park Hotel, Diss Film Starts 8pm Members £3 Non-Members £4 Students £2 (under 21) Revolutionary Road (15) Origin: USA Year: 2009 Run time: 106 mins Director: Sam Mendes Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon Ten years on from American Beauty, Sam Mendes returns to suburban America with a beautifully crafted...
The Viewspaper (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
“Revolutionary Road”, about American middle class life in the 1950s based on a novel of the same name by Richard Yates. This film brings together Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di-Caprio... Visit The Viewspaper to read the full article.
Joe Brainard's Pyjamas (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Thoughts of death or dying: 11.34% Rereading Keith Waldrop's The Silhouette of the Bridge : 3.78% Post-rereading Waldrop's book admiration-of-book time: 2.84% Rereading Charles North's The Year of the Olive Oil : 3.77% Admiration of North's "For a Cowper Paperweight" poem post-reading: 2.78% Watching the ending of an oddly-skewed Jon Benet Ramsay LMN movie: 5.42% Reading about hypothyroidism...
Hello, My Name Is Alice (Free subscription) | 09/15/2009
I am totally new to BBAW and am still a little fuzzy about the whole concept. Still, I was ecstatic when I was informed of my nomination last month under the category Most Eclectic Taste. Although I didn’t make it into the shortlist, I still want to thank all of you for your support! Now, there are two parts to this post: Part One is about blog love and Part Two is about my book giveaway. ***...
every day I lie a little (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Here is a list of the books I've read in the last month. Richard Yates: Revolutionary Road Sebastian Faulks: Engleby Banana Yoshimoto: Lizard Yaba Badoe: True Murder David Ebershoff: The 19th Wife Here is a list of things I want to find out during September: The correct names for parts of boats Rates of decomposition in corpses and things that affect this Average sea temperature in Morecambe Bay Procedure...
Reading matters (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
I finally got around to watching Revolutionary Road tonight (my sister gave me the DVD ages ago) and let's just say it was superb in as much as it can be superb watching two people arguing at high volume for 115 minutes. Is all of Richard Yates' stuff so depressing?
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