I think of Eugene O Neills words when I think about Gerry Rafferty a beautiful songwriter who wrote upbeat groovy tunes. Like many of my favourite artists he was a perfectionist socially awkward who had been disillusioned by the music business and its pernicious grip on your spirit after legal...
That has always been an easy thing for me to do. It’s a gift I’ve been given, not anything I did on my own. In the half-light, I thought of David and remember thinking, still mostly asleep, “he wrote himself comfort.” He wrote himself (or I should say prayed out) because ...
When she died two years later, he composed "On the Death of a Young Lady"; throughout his life poetic expression would serve him as a catharsis of strong emotion. At Harrow (1801-1805), he excelled in oratory, wrote verse, and played sports, even cricket. (After a quack doctor ...
I wrote this post because I was so touched by my daughter’s interest in the story of Alia Baqer. I have noticed that, as Ms. Winter asserts, children really are fascinated by history. Effective tools, such as children’s books like ‘The Librarian of Basra’ and Mr. Stamaty’s true...
4. I like Jodie Whittaker. I always have. I wrote ‘liked’ in the first sentence and then went back and changed it. Anybody else been doing that? It’s very easy to write her off the moment the casting is announced. At least let her finish her arc in peace. We’ve still got Ac...
a children’s book author as well as a public-school kindergarten teacher in Los Angeles. I wroteEgyptian Lullabyto normalize Arab culture because Hollywood and the media have done a bang-up job of demonizing Arabs in addition of course to almost all the cultures on the continent of Africa....
– is one of my all time favorite people in the world. I love that man like few others – he once told me that I was just too nice to be successful. I think he was right. But wow did I have fun trying! I met coo, interestingl people, I wrote with Rick Astley (SUPER nice ...
Take a few deep breaths, right now, Love, and pull out a piece of paper or a journal, if you have one. I want you to read over what you wrote me and then I invite you to answer this question: What would a person who loves herself do? Really listen for the answer—imagine anothe...
Until singer Bruce Dickinson takes a dive on whatever he’s passing off as a chorus—sounds like a swing and a miss on a “Wasted Years” type of thing—and the song almost stalls, until more metal gallops save the day. Third song “Writing on the Wall” is kind of a left turn. ...
Sung-yeol’s friend hands him a book delivery from Yang-sun, and he’s shocked to find an original copy of Eumlan Seosaeng’s vampire novel, which Prince Jeonghyeon wrote 120 years ago to tell the world about the vampire secretly ruling the palace. All copies were believed to be burned...