Just when you thought there was nothing more to say about Bob Dylan, his former girlfriend Suze Rotolo has published her memoir of their time together. Rotolo was there at the beginning (that's her posed with Dylan on the cover of his second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan).Her new book A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir … Continue reading May Your Song Always Be Sung
Eventually
I'm not going to get to it for a while, but I fully intend to read Misha Glenny's new book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld as soon as I have a spare couple evenings. Glenny, a former BBC reporter specialzing in the former Yugoslavia and the Balkans, is a really gripping writer; … Continue reading Eventually
Sincere Flattery?
This past weekend's broadcast of NPR's show Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! had a literary question that was too good not to pass along: Bram Stoker based his most famous character on which of the following: a) his mother-in-law b) Walt Whitman c) Prince Albert. The answer, you've no doubt guessed already, is Walt Whitman, … Continue reading Sincere Flattery?
Musings from Magers and Quinn 