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Two "old" movies I loved in 2011

December 26, 2011

Tags: movies about passion, intelligent erotic love stories

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And the movies are...(drumroll): "Carrington" and "Lust,Caution."
"Carrington" is a great and very peculiar love story: between straight painter Dora Carrington and gay writer Lytton Strachey during the dying idyll of the upper-class (and bohemian) Edwardian England of hyper-refined sensibilities and hyper-groomed flower gardens. Emma Thompson works at the top of her (more…)

Magical thinking and cancer

December 9, 2011

Tags: mythologizing disease, cancer as an ogre, acceptance is the battle

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Can you get cancer even if you
a)eat lots of leafy green and orange vegetables
b)are not overweight
c)exercise regularly
d)drink alcohol very moderately or not at all?

Yes, you can. I did.

Does receiving treatments for cancer equal "battling" or "fighting" cancer?

No, not in my book. Cancer has (more…)

Selected Books

fiction
"Finishing this novel is like awakening from a dream of Mexico that felt so vividly real."
Biography of a Great American/Woman/ African American Artist/composer and pianist
"Stunning character...{Mary Lou} Williams has found her writing soul mate in Linda Dahl and the engrossing result is Morning Glory." - Gene Santoro, The New York Times Book Review'
Biography of a Gifted Writer and Interpreter of the Great American Songbook
The secret life and tragic death of a great American songbird. "{The book} is vivacious, tender, saturnine, industrious and deeply intelligent." - Leon Wieseltier, "The New Republic."
Short Stories about My Favorite Part of the World
The main character is Latin America itself: tragic, lush, violent, romantic. "A wonderful group of stories." - "Danbury News-Times."
Complete and In-depth Analysis of Women in Jazz
“The definitive work on women in music – an incredible job of research.”–John Hammond. "For anyone who loves jazz, this is their book." - "Los Angeles Times."
Collection of essays
Includes my essay, "Equal Time"
compilation
extensive selection of the best writing about jazz, edited by Andrew Clark
non-fiction
my essay about great jazz vocalists, male and female
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