To write her new book, A.L. Kennedy had to learn palm-reading, fight through illness and create literary tricks to match the working world of her trickster characters.
Tag: 08.07.11
Who’s The Single Most Influential Person On Twitter? (And Have You Ever Heard Of Him?)
The top name on the Twitalyzer Influence Index is – comedian Rafinha Bastos, “a pioneer of Brazil’s burgeoning stand-up scene [who] appears weekly on two popular television shows… and has 2.7 million followers on Twitter.”
Nicholson Baker And His (Inventively) Dirty Mind
“Nicholson Baker does not look like a dirty-book writer. … He wears round, owlish glassesÂ, and in early book-jacket photographs, when his beard was darker and more closely trimmed than it is now, he reminds you of one of those earnest Russian intellectuals of the 19th century. Nowadays, with the beard grown out and nearly white, he could easily get seasonal work as a shopping-mall Santa.”
There’s No Space Too Run-Down For This Theater Company
The Woodshed Collective – “an ambitious New York theater company with a commitment to low-budget, site-specific productions (past locations have included an empty swimming pool and a ship)” – has taken over a decrepit old church for a new play about a decrepit old apartment and a suicide.