Articles by Lydia Kiesling
February 23, 2011
The 3 Quarks Daily annual Arts and Literature Prize! 0
The 3 Quarks Daily annual prize for Arts and Literature blog writing has been announced! Nominations are open in the comments of the announcement. This year’s judge is author, professor, blogger, intellect Laila Lalami. Dear readers, feel free to nominate any Millions writing you enjoyed here. And to the guest contributors out there, be sure [...]
January 27, 2011
Beverly Cleary’s Dispatches from the Golden West 2
She writes about moving from small town to big city, the specter of pioneer ancestors, the pathos of only children, restless mothers, crooked teeth, perverted uncles, gloomy boyfriends, and tonsillitis.
December 30, 2010
Modern Library Revue: #96 Sophie’s Choice 17
There are two main narratives at work in this sad and sensational story: Sophie’s Auschwitz horrors, and Stingo’s penile travails.
December 22, 2010
A Year in Reading: Lydia Kiesling 0
It disturbed me profoundly, and that has to count for something.
December 13, 2010
Year in Viewing 1
Anthony Lane (New Yorker film critic, personal hero) lists ten films he liked in 2010.
