11D (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Susan Dominus has a nice essay in the New York Times about the demise of the writing industry. She refers to an essay by Joan Didion, "Good-bye To All That," which was a fun read. Any ex-New Yorker will get...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Lament on the Fading Culture of the Printed Word By SUSAN DOMINUS Published: November 2, 2009- New York Times Over the years, how many people have read Joan Didion ’s po inted, moody, celebrated essays and come to New York in the hope of writing some of their own? The path of those would-be writers is patently stubborn, given the tone Ms. Didion (pic right) strikes in the essay...
The Playgoer (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
When I saw Terri White in the Encores concert presentation of Finian's Rainbow last spring, I knew she was a wonderful performer. Naturally, I did not know that just a year previously her acting/singing career had put her literally in the streets. Susan Dominus in today's Times tells her remarkable story : In the summer of 2008, Ms. White, 61, could not make rent. She was evicted from...
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
SUSAN DOMINUS David Ware, the renowned saxophonist, did not want a kidney transplant, fearing that someone else's life force would be inside him. He was wrong.
