Tag: fiction

by M. Bijman December 13, 2017 0

Debut fiction from Tom Hanks – “Uncommon Type” – is a labour of love

Tom Hanks’s debut work of fiction, a collection of short stories, came out on October 17, 2017. It has beenContinue Reading

by M. Bijman June 8, 2017 0

The reboot of the TV series Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: The Return premiered on the 21st of May, to a hugeContinue Reading

by M. Bijman July 31, 2015 0

The lead character in Hausfrau, “Anna Benz”, must be one of the most disagreeable people I have had the misfortuneContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 28, 2015 0

Recently, while PBS was airing the documentary The Dust Bowl by Ken Burns, I bought Mary Coin by Marisa Silver. IContinue Reading

by M. Bijman May 7, 2014 0

Grand old man of Canadian literature dies Just last week I gave my copy of Farley Mowat’s Eastern Passage to a friendContinue Reading

by M. Bijman December 1, 2013

Update The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Amazon selected the novel as the 2013 Best Book ofContinue Reading

Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of someone my reason told me to forget, at least once a day (in books, on the streets). It’s like a daily reminder to maybe not listen to my reason. August 14, 2019
View ArticleMy husband died some years ago but I feel him all around. How can this be? MALINA, ATHENS, GREECE Dear Aylyn and Malina, Far be it from us to believe in signs; far be it from us to believe in spirits; far be it from us to intuit indications that the universe is not as... The post Do you believe in signs? I am currently seeing/hearing the name of […]
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Good Omens (2019) August 9, 2019
“I didn't mean to fall. I just hung out with the wrong people.” — Crowley In the beginning was the word. But Aziraphale and Crowley were there, too. Soon there were also fruit-bearing trees and enormous stone cherubs, phone booths and spaceships, and people – so many people – all marching together on a bizarro pilgrimage toward their doom. This is the p […]
Nina Saxon: A Career Retrospective, Part 1 June 18, 2019
In 1996, critic Laurie Halpern Benenson, writing for the New York Times, called Nina Saxon “one of the most sought-after designers in the business” and it was true: some years, she could barely keep up with demand. Beginning in 1980 and working well into the 2010s, Saxon lent her titling talent to more than 200 films and TV series, working with directors inc […]