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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on February 1, 2018 by sheila

— Finnegans Wake, by James Joyce Lordy be, batten down the hatches. I struggled through it years ago and am now reading it again. It’s going quite well. I read it out loud because so many of the jokes are … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on November 26, 2017 by sheila

— The great Wesley Morris with another slam-dunk, a piece I wish I had thought to write. But that’s why I love him so much: he writes stuff I’ve felt, in an inchoate unformed way, and he puts words to … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on October 27, 2017 by sheila

My schedule is a BEAR right now but I still have managed to go on a really pleasing reading tear this year, in the little spare time that I have. Since I moved apartments in February, my commute into Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on August 2, 2016 by sheila

— Wonderful article by my friend Farran for Film Comment on Tim Holt, who has appeared in a couple of masterpieces, as well as a steady career in B-Westerns (one of my favorite kinds of careers). I love him in … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on June 15, 2016 by sheila

I’ve been on the move. Out in LA for 6 days, staying first with Alex and Chrisanne, and then checking into the Hotel California with my mother and two sisters. There was no pink champagne on ice, and we were … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on February 19, 2016 by sheila

— The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman A re-read. It’s so definitive that any book covering the same period (and there are libraries full of them) must reference it. One of her real gifts as a writer is giving … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on November 24, 2015 by sheila

— Wonderful interview with director Hou Hsiao-Hsien on his film “The Assassin” (in theaters now. I loved it.). He says: I’m 68 and I’m running out of time. I started reading martial arts novels when I was in elementary school, … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on July 27, 2015 by sheila

— I have been obsessed with the meltdown going on at Gawker. As with most things at Gawker, it may only be of interest to people from the media who have been obsessed with what is going on, on a … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on December 5, 2013 by sheila

— “I think she is a terrible driver + an ENORMOUS PIECE OF SHIT MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE. How fucking entitled do you have to be to behave like this? She should be arrested and have her license revoked, and if I … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on November 9, 2013 by sheila

— There’s a new Jonathan Swift biography which sounds excellent. I very much enjoyed reading this review. — Fantastic essay on Grantland about the insidious “Man up” culture we’ve got going on and how dangerous it is. Not to mention … Continue reading →

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