They say not to judge a book by its cover, but I would argue that judging a book by its title is a whole different thing. Trust me, I’m not one to resist a title like Edward Everett Hale’s Practical Christianity Applied to the Manufacture of Woolens. It was, in fact, the first book I […]
According to local legend, the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony was born when Bolton Brown, Hervey White, and Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead chose Woodstock, N.Y. to build their utopian Arts and Crafts community – mostly because the light was judged to be exactly the same as that of Provence. Construction began in the winter of 1902, and by
What They Read At Byrdcliffe: Welcome to my New Blog
by Adam O’Fallon Price An ambitious, skillfully written book. (This review originally appeared on the New York Journal of Books) In “The Typology of Detective Fiction,” Tsvetan Todorov demonstrated that the classic Golden Age mystery story was a text about reading and writing narratives. In his model, the detective and reader join forces to reconstruct
by Heather Dixon Wallwork An enjoyable and engaging novel. (This review originally appeared on the New York Journal of Books) Like many familiar fairy tales, the original version of The Nutcracker, E. T. A. Hoffmann’s novella, Nussknacker und Mausekonig, is far darker and more complex than the holiday classic beloved by generations. Tchaikovsky’s ballet is
The Dragon Murder Case abounds with the usual suspects: The ingenue. The irresistible, but hardened, woman of mystery. The crazed beldame. The drunkard. And Leland – no, we’re still not past Leland yet. Then there’s the dragon, “the water-dragon, Amangemokdom, or sometimes Amangegach – was used as a bogey to frighten recalcitrant children.” No, really,
Arguably one of the least satisfactory characters of The Dragon Murder Case is Leland, the biracial son of “an Algonkian Indian — the Princess White Star, a proud and noble woman, who was separated from her people when a child and reared in a southern convent [and a] father [who] was an architect, the scion
Of Princess White Star and Princess Noamie
Wow! Silver seems to be my color – this time a silver medal for Romance in the Foreword Indie Awards. If you don’t believe me, check it out here. Definitely not shabby, since the final award is chosen by 150 librarians and indie booksellers nationwide. But if you’d like to check out the results for
Does this Make Me an Official Silver Fox? Or Just a Bridesmaid and Never a Bride?
Okay, okay. There are those who called S.S. van Dine’s The Dragon Murder Case “one more stitch in his literary shroud,” and I can see the point. Man about town dives drunkenly into a bottomless pool that suffers from a mysterious Native American curse in full view of a dozen witnesses and never surfaces. Detection
Just Philo and Me. And Dragon Makes Three
Working the red carpet at this year’s IPPY awards. The Curse of the Braddock Brides won a regional silver medal. Does this make me an official Woodstock writer?
At the Copa… Copacabana (Sorry, now it’s stuck in your head too)
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