by lannyadmin | Sep 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hamid was a child of six when her family emigrated from Karachi, Pakistan, and came to the U.S. Her memoir, The Borderland Between Worlds, is a tale of alienation deriving from cultural imperatives, socio-economic class conflict, parents vs. children, between friends,...
by lannyadmin | Aug 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
I turned 77 last week. To some, that’s old. To me, it’s getting there. It comes with many strange sensations, one of which is a feeling of satisfaction at having managed, sometimes conquered, the numerous vicissitudes of a long life. Speaking of long,...
by lannyadmin | Jun 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
The plaudits Janet Roger’s Shamus Dust have received are well-deserved, not the least of which are its world-building of 1947 London, classical noir chops, excellent plotting, sly class observations, and admixture of American and British voices. But unlike some...
by lannyadmin | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
As originally appeared on the blog, Locks, Hooks & Books on January 14, 2020 This is the simplest question yet the most perplexing. I really needed to sit back and think about it. My answer: No one person, but artists in general. They are people dedicated, indeed...
by lannyadmin | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This essay first appeared on the blog, The Phantom Paragrapher on January 13, 2020. Who cannot be aware of the well-deserved ruckus concerning cultural appropriation? It is no longer acceptable to ape features or stereotypes of another gender, race, ethnicity, or any...
