Word: openheartedness
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In his discussion of issues such as crime and gender relations, Dyson frequently brings in his personal experience. The book's first chapter is an open letter to his brother, who was convicted of murder several years ago, and is serving a life sentence in prison. The last is an...
The best may be yet to come, because the brash new Monster sounds as though it could become the most popular album of R.E.M.'s career. The band is planning a world tour -- its first in six years -- so most of the songs on the album are designed to rock...
In the late '70s, Davis' pal Quincy Jones began urging him to revisit the Evans sessions, but for 15 years Davis declined. Then, at age 65, perhaps sensing that his time was running out, he relented. At the famous jazz festival in Montreux, Switzerland, Jones assembled the original Evans scores...
This is not realistic fiction; it's Glocca Morra with a boarded-up main street. Or maybe Yoknapatawpha lite. At its thinnest it seems more jokey than funny. Occasionally, it threatens to become patronizing. Most of the time it works, however, not so much because the author keeps things stirred...
Our gloriously contrary society despises lawyers with openhearted loathing (to exactly the degree, in fact, that it loves lawsuits). Anyone who doubts this should consider John Grisham's 1991 thriller, The Firm. At a casual look, The Firm was a competent, but fairly routine, on-the-run-pursued-by-nasties...