Words on Words

Welcome to Fran's latest updates on the literary / theater / writing / cinema scene.

                         Summer to Fall

        If you haven't already done so, check out www.titlepage.tv.  Each episode (6 in total so far) is thematically related presenting 4 authors in conversation about their latest work.

       The last talked about how we read works giving us insight into varied cultures.   Many authors did not want to be a teacher of their particular background since the concept of culture is so broad and may represent millions of people.    Instead it was suggested that each work should be looked at as an example of another perspective (not representative of an entire nation or ethnicity).

           LOOKING FORWARD TO: 

Brooklyn Book Festival:   Sept. 14,2008

                   www.Brooklynbookfestival.org

  National Book Awards:November 19, 2008

                   www.Nationalbookfoundation.org

Queens College Evening Readings

                   www.qc.edu/readings

                     RECOMMENDATIONS:

   Recently read:

        THREE CUPS OF TEA - Greg Mortenson

        EXIT GHOST - Philip Roth ( if you're a Roth fan and have read THE GHOST WRITER, you wilL appreciate this).

   Currently reading:

    PEOPLE OF THE BOOK -Geraldine Brooks

    THE BOOK THIEF - Markus Zusak

    THE SPACE BETWEEN US:a novel- Thrity 

                                                     Umrigar

    Next up:

        THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS - Richard Russo

        A MADMAN DREAMS OF TURING

                              MACHINES-  Janna Levin

                     HAPPY READING