On the occasion of Terrence McNally’s 81st birthday (which was yesterday) – the start of a new and better decade. Happy Birthday to my playwright.
A sensational book about Old Hollywood and applies to today. #metoo #ReadingBinge
Please look for PBS’s American Masters on Sammy Davis Junior. Unquestionably the most talented Rat in the Pack.
For me, the most comforting of grief poems. For Pegeen. #MyPoetryManRLB
Women’s organizations I give to at the top of the year – @nationalnow and @feministmajorityfoundation. Because we have to do everything twice.
Women’s organizations I give to at the top of the year – @nationalnow and @feministmajorityfoundation. Because we have to do everything twice.
Here’s the first of some organizations I give to at the top of the year – @doctorswithoutborders – because the old folks were right, health first. doctorswithoutborders.org
An important book for everybody you know and have ever known, “White Fragility.” #ReadingBinge
If you need a novel, this is one. It’s about trees, which I intend to evolve into. (It’s changed from clouds.) #ReadingBinge
Another in the please re-read department, Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye.” #ReadingBinge
Carl Sandburg – “What if they gave a war and nobody came.” #VeteransDay
“The Anthologist” is about a poet trying to write an introduction to his collection of poetry who is hysterically stuck with his broken heart (funnier than it sounds). #ReadingBinge
Some unchallenging holiday reading for you! #ReadingBinge
Some unchallenging holiday reading for you! #ReadingBinge
Another organization I give to at the top of the year – People Assisting the Homeless in Los Angeles. epath.org
A fascinating, poetic mother-book. #ReadingBinge
Teaching tolerance and monitoring hate, the Southern Poverty Law Center – @splcenter. They have a magazine that goes to all the teachers in the country called “Teaching Tolerance” in the hopes of influencing the young.
I’ve been reading and re-reading. In the re-read department, Zora Neale Hurston. #ReadingBinge
I’ve been reading and re-reading. In the re-read department, Zora Neale Hurston. #ReadingBinge
I’ve been reading and re-reading. In the re-read department, Zora Neale Hurston. #ReadingBinge
I’ve been reading and re-reading. In the re-read department, Zora Neale Hurston. #ReadingBinge
Also, from the same author as my last recommendation, check out Richard Powers, “The Time of Our Singing.” #ReadingBinge
Reminder, the United Negro College Fund – @UNCF. For me, still worthy of attention and contribution. www.uncf.org
Went to a really fun dinner party courtesy of David Bruson for the Booker Prize where I met Chigozie Obioma whose two extant novels I had read THIS SUMMER – “The Fisherman” and “The Orchestra of Minorities.” Nigerian, young, sensational storyteller. I do so love talent. #ReadingBinge
