by Michelle Oram I remember watching To Kill A Mockingbird many times when I was little. My mother was a big fan of Gregory Peck. It began with the opening theme song, a simple innocent melody, which made the hairs on my arm tingle. As the music is played the contents of what seems like a children’s … Read More
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Alan Alda – The Science Guy
by Suzanne Braun Levine Everyone knows Alan Alda – writer, director, actor. And it’s no surprise that he won Emmys in all three categories for his work on M*A*S*H, one of the most popular TV shows of all time, in which he played the beloved dyspeptic character Hawkeye Pierce. But it might surprise some to … Read More
My “Fierce” Friend, Robin Morgan
By Suzanne Braun Levine Robin Morgan came into my life way before I met her. I must have been around nine, about the same age as Dagmar the youngest daughter on my favorite tv show, “I Remember Mama” about a Scandinavian immigrant family who lived on (I still remember the name) Steiner Street in San … Read More
Bring Your Book-Loving Self!
by Amy Ferris Have you ever thrown a pot-luck dinner? It goes something like this: you tell all your friends to, please, bring a dish – a favorite dish – one they really wanna share; and yes, you tell them, to please bring wine, and yes, of course, seltzer and/or bubbly water, and yes, yes, … Read More
The House Up On The Hill
by Barbara de Vries In the fall of 1988, soon after selling my flat in London, I noticed an ad in The New York Times for a historic farmhouse on 10 acres. Like a tourist in a Ralph Lauren store, I made an impulse buy. I simply had to own land with trees and streams, and fly … Read More
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
by Sean Strub I’m looking forward to interviewing John Berendt on Saturday morning at the Milford Theatre for the Milford Readers and Writers Festival. We’ll talk about Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, of course, and The Lady Chablis (see John’s post about The Lady Chablis here). We’ll also talk about the new … Read More