Noteworthy literature tidbits for today, since I’m doing the last bits of heavy research for my second novel. Barack Obama writes a fan letter to Yann Martel for Life of Pi. A playlist (by Mike Errico) for Kelly Corrigan’s new book Lift, which comes out today. Corrigan wrote Lift as a love letter to her […]
Tchaikovsky
Dan’s favorite symphony of all time, right behind Beethoven’s Ninth, is Tchaikovsky’s Fifth. So, we were listening to it in the car on Saturday, on our way up to Stillwater for a book signing. As the tempo and the mood of the music changed (because it’s a long piece), Liliana would lean forward in her […]
Marcelo in the Real World
This book is unputdownable, mesmerizing, and heartbreaking. Marcelo Sandoval is a seventeen-year-old boy who has an autism-like impairment. He hears music in his head, has an infatuation with religious sayings, and has difficulty reading people’s mannerisms. When his father asks him to enter “the real world” of a law firm for a summer, he reluctantly […]
There Are Lessons To Learn…Even When You’re the Boss
Yesterday, my daughter jumped on her cot at preschool, instead of taking a nap. The end of the world, right? No. But it felt like it, because this wasn’t an isolated incident. Granted, she’s copying another little boy in her class, but still… Thing is: she knows the consequences. She recites her consequences…then does it […]
Song for Today
Today calls for a good song. Who else, but Brandi Carlile? Enjoy! [Post image: Brandi Carlile]