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...confessions are short and straightforward: “I don’t really like blind people.” “I hate Steinbeck.” “I adore bars, alcohol, and tobacco.” “I adore the secret corridors, libraries that open without noise, stairs that lead nowhere.” “I like snakes, and especially rats...
...when it comes to his books, there's a desire in him to mean something. He talks seriously about John Steinbeck and John le Carr--The Little Drummer Girl "has had more of an influence on me than any other work of suspense"--and Truman Capote. Grisham read In Cold Blood twice last year. "It's a beautiful book; it's mesmerizing; it's a classic. But there are times when I would read something that Capote wrote, and I'd say"--he makes a face. "Just, you know, I wouldn't say it that...
...they then decide to pair the ensemble with clogs. If I didn’t know these women were 27-year-old grad students with an abiding interest the lesser-known works of George Eliot, I would think they were 70-year-old migrant workers in a particularly harrowing Steinbeck novel. But they aren’t. They are really doing their dissertation on interior space in the plays of Aphra Behn.Type 3: The “You went to the University of Wisconsin, so you clearly hate me” TF.These TFs are the most proudly stylish...
Have you been happy with the films made from your work over the years? I feel I've been maybe the luckiest of American writers in that my novels have generated very good films, more than the average. Maybe Steinbeck was luckier...
...more than 500 academics, clergy and journalists planning to attend a conference at Monmouth University in New Jersey this week think the Boss warrants deeper reflection. Papers to be presented at Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium include "A Marxist Perspective on Darkness on the Edge of Town," "Steinbeck and Springsteen" and "The Boss and the Bible." Speakers include rock critic Dave Marsh, touted as a "Louie Louie expert," and Frank Stefanko, who has photographed Springsteen a lot. Attendees may also visit the Stone Pony, Springsteen's storied hometown rock club; alas, he's not on the bill. Next semester...