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Month: December 2021

The Tragedy of Macbeth review – Joel Coen’s stripped-down version is beautiful but bloodless Kathryn Hunter’s three-in-one witch steals the show as Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand prove too measured as Shakespeare’s murderous couple {@lgt41: I don’t always buy what movie critics say. }

Posted on December 29 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.theguardian.com/film/2021/dec/26/the-tragedy-of-macbeth-review-joel-coen-denzel-washington-frances-mcdormand-kathryn-hunter

“How I returned from rock bottom How did I survive care and being homeless? I was luckier than the sharp, funny kids I grew up with.”

Posted on December 29 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/dec/28/how-did-i-survive-care-and-being-homeless-i-was-luckier-than-the-sharp-funny-kids-i-grew-up-with

“A Meditation On Life And Love” – Alison’s review

Posted on December 27 by Lawrence G. Taylor

WE HERE FOR YOU DEC. 22, 2021 11 Books to Fill the Succession-Size Hole in Your Heart By Gina Chen

Posted on December 26 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.vulture.com/2021/12/11-books-to-read-if-you-like-succession.html

I came to writing thru an act of selfishness …

Posted on December 26 by Lawrence G. Taylor

… Which was to write stories that reflected from an authentic perspective. I’m not unique in this way. Sometimes I wish I’d written more appealing tales. But I cannot write any other way. “I did it my way” HAPPY HOLIDAYS!



Before I Grew Up: A Stunning Illustrated Elegy of Life, Loss, Our Search for Light, and Loneliness as a Crucible of Creativity

Posted on December 21 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.themarginalian.org/2021/12/16/before-i-grew-up-miller-cucco/

Dujiangyan Zhongshuge Bookstore @lgt41: surreal am bookstore in China

Posted on December 18 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.architecturaldigest.com/story/surreal-new-bookstore-opened-china/amp

The Sinner and the Saint by Kevin Birmingham review – a dazzling literary detective story How could Dostoevsky get inside the mind of a murderer to create a work of such ferocious fiction as Crime and Punishment? Literary comeback: Dostoevsky spent almost a decade in exile before returning to St Petersburg. Alex Christofi

Posted on December 18 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.theguardian.com/books/2021/dec/18/the-sinner-and-the-saint-by-kevin-birmingham-review-a-dazzling-literary-detective-story

Kathrine Switzer: First woman to officially run Boston Marathon on the iconic moment she was attacked by the race organiser

Posted on December 16 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/12475824/kathrine-switzer-first-woman-to-officially-run-boston-marathon-on-the-iconic-moment-she-was-attacked-by-the-race-organiser

THE OTHER SIDE Prison closed off Eddy Zheng’s future. He opened his mind anyway. By Hua Hsu

Posted on December 16 by Lawrence G. Taylor

www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/20/an-education-while-incarcerated

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