Perhaps this is a shameful confession, but I’ve never read Lovely Bones Writing a wrong
Art of Living & Literature Across Frontiers: For Art's Sake
Measured against what great art can mean to us individually on an emotional level, the results are never quite satisfying
WHERE is an artist's real self? Is it to be found in the work itself, or in the complex relationship between private and public life? Can anyone ever really grasp the lurching relationship between art, temperament, family life, erotic life, public facade and posthumous reputation, then transform it into a credible and coherent narrative?
• Anguish projected in tranquillity [If La Boheme did not exist, someone would have to invent it Meet the new Bohemians ; The highway is alive tonight Balladeer of broken dreams ]
• · Three-year-old Naomi Leong was born into detention and has known no other life but still asks her mother when they are going home. She started off warm and engaging but became increasingly disconnected as she grew. Now she is listless, will not play with other children and wants only constant nursing by her mother A prisoner all her life, this girl bears the scars ; Revenge of the writers ; Top five baadasssss mum films ; The 25 students in jeans and T-shirts could have been in any career that requires hustle. The classes, covering topics such as effective marketing, stress reduction and legal issues, could have been part of any professional development seminar 'Whore College' Offers Hands-On Training
• · · When Josef Breun, a penniless teenager from Poland, arrived in Depression-ravaged Australia in 1933, he famously used his first pay packet to buy a painting - Joseph Brown, AO, OB End in frame for one of the nation's great art collections ; Set in the hinterland of the far north coast during a rainy season, this debut novel by local writer (and yoga teacher) Sarah Armstrong is a coming-of-age story about 14-year-old Allie whose Bohemian mother would never reveal the identity of the girl's father. Salt Air: Why did you fall out of love with her
• · · · Peter recognised that theatres have two balance sheets - the financial one and the artistic one. He understood the need to balance commercial and non-commercial programming - a task he delivered with unrivalled acumen. And he also understood the link between arts and culture, and economic and social regeneration Peter Sarah, Arts administrator, 1946-2005 ; Morry Schwartz, the wealthy property developer and publisher of the literary Quarterly Essay, is confident his new magazine, The Monthly, which hits newsstands today will captivate readers Mag's in a class of its own: founder
• · · · · I am in the saddle as the editor of the L.A. Times Book Review. He is now, apparently, out of the saddle. As for Wasserman's future, the rumor mill is already churning, with one source confirming the juicy bit that he is considering becoming an agent. Under such a plan, Wasserman, who is thought very well-connected, would serve as a kind of West Coast ambassador for serious books Confirmed: Wasserman is out as LAT Book Review editor ; How did Sunday Telegraph gossip queen Ros Reins feel when she discovered that depressed former stockbroker Rene Rivkin had committed suicide the same day reported on his marriage break-up, asks Christian Kerr? Ros Reines and the Rivkin story
• · · · · · Having persuaded publishers to participate in their Search Inside the Book program with lavish data showing that the content helped drive increased book sales, Amazon is now experimenting with a variety of bizarre extractions from that database. Though not stated by the company, it all seems driven by their displeasure with Google's aggressive Print program, which aims to outpace Amazon's supply of searchable books by an exponential factor (and in turn drives potential book sales to multiple sites, not just Amazon) Amazon Gets Googely: Judging a Book by Its Contents ; Beyond Amazon Amazon.com Statistically Improbable Phrases