T. C. Boyle's fourteenth novel was published in September by Viking. It is called San Miguel and on his blog, the author describes it this way: “It is set on the island of the same name, the most northern and westerly of the California Channel Islands, and the story it tells derives from my research into the ecology and history of the region for my previous novel, When the Killing’s Done. . . . This is my first book-length narrative in the conventional realist mode, sans … [Read more...]
Carol Kanter “Girl with Green Balloon”
Girl with Green Balloon Shades of Vermeer, the beauty of this young maid. Though, alas, her adornment seems to lack gemstone preciousness. Never mind. She treasures it saves it from jostling by festival crowds as she would have it shield her from portraiture. She loves its green--just shy of emerald-- that grants her a glimpse of fabled seas so far off they stretch belief. Sunlight winks from its … [Read more...]
Arnie Kanter
These photographs are used with permission. Arnie Kanter is a writer and photographer and, in former lives, a lawyer and consultant. His books include: The Secret Memoranda of Stanley J. Fairweather; Kanter on Hiring; Improving Your Summer Associate Program; The Lawyer Hiring Handbook; The Handbook of Law Firm Mismanagement; The Handbook of Law Firm Mismanagement For the 21st Century; Advanced Law Firm Mismanagement; The … [Read more...]