I have quite a phenomenal book recommendation to make: A Rumor of War, a Vietnam memoir by Philip Caputo. I started writing this post before I’d even finished reading the book, and wanted to note that it has the writing, development and world-building of a great fiction novel. To see…
Wow. That’s really all I’ve got. Before, of course, I get into the gushing. So I did already talk briefly about him, back when I first got tickets to his concert. But here’s the thing. No matter how good a recording is, there is just nothing comparable to a live…
I wish I knew how to play the violin. Orchestra started a year before band at my school, and I debated on trying it out for a year, but at the time I had my heart set on the flute. So I waited a year. I did have a friend…
Salman Rushdie is a phenomenal story teller. I have read several of his novels now, and while some I loved, even those that I did not feel as strongly about, I still felt as strongly about his writing and a great ability to tell stories. Of course given that he’s…