The Medusa Fora

Lost in the City by Edward P. Jones. Short stories set in Washington, DC. Characters are mostly African-American working folk -- government clerks, blue-collar workers, public servants, merchants, etc. The occasional teenager, retiree or petty criminal is in the mix. Many o' the places described are in a section of Northwest DC through which I used to walk en route to work.

Always Magic in the Air: The Bomp and Brilliance of the Brill Building Era by Ken Emerson.

Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer by Chris Salewicz

The Goat or Who is Sylvia? Edward Albee

You Can't Catch Death - Ianthe Brautigan's memoir of her father, the late, great Richard Brautigan. I am working my way backwards through his writings, starting with his daughter's book. I've not read most of his stuff for years and will be interested to see how I feel about it now in my old age.

I am reading 'The Bell Jar' by Sylvia Plath and dipping in and out of 'The Time Waster Letters' by Robbin Copper. Must be the funniest books i have ever read, Copper is briliant.

Chris Salewicz - Redemption Song: The Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer

Really, really enjoyed it.

emma-jane austen
you can always rely on her books!

veggie wrote:emma-jane austen
you can always rely on her books!

I totally hate 18th century novels

I am pleased to say that FINALLY I am reading that little book from Carol Clerk. It only took Amazon 2 months to figure out how to get it to San Diego! Geez...

Sorry to hear that it took so long, I could have hand carried one back from Dublin for you faster.I was reading it at the bookshop in the Aer Lingus terminal. Just looked for it at Barnes and Noble today. I'm glad I didn't splurge on The Young Ones and Seinfeld dvd's I had in my hands. What, with concert tixs to buy soon!

Final scene of, The Goat or Who is Sylvia - Edward Albee

Mr. Chevron, I read it on the train earlier this week, then put it down for a bit to get the full $14.95 of suspense. Here goes the good/bad part.

Bought today,
A Moon for the Misbegotten - Eugene O'Neill

Zoetrope All-Story, Francis Ford Coppola Presents

While visiting San Francisco's North Beach, I was unaware that Mr. Coppola had offices there, one more cool thing about that neighborhood.

Frances wrote:Final scene of, The Goat or Who is Sylvia - Edward Albee

Mr. Chevron, I read it on the train earlier this week, then put it down for a bit to get the full $14.95 of suspense. Here goes the good/bad part.

Bad part, page 102, scene three, Billy and Martin.....

What the?....I could not have guessed the playwrights own sexual orientation, after reading this. Quite off the mark.

I'm working on The Lord of the Rings (a yearly tradition) and The Rule of Lawyers.

Pryor Convictions and Other Life Sentences
Richard Pryor, with Todd Gold

EQUUS
Peter Shaffer