Lanier Ivester finds something worth the trouble of pursuing in the writing of Charles Williams, who no doubt would have authored books today under the name Charlyz will.i.ams. No doubt about it.
Category Archives: Authors
"Animal Hour" Film Deal
Andrew Klavan has news of a agreement with Arilu Inc and Avida Entertainment Inc. to take the novel Animal Hour
James Church's Inspector O novels: An appreciation
I have now finished reading all four of “James Church”’s Inspector O novels. (“O,” by the way, is not an initial. It’s the man’s family name.) I can’t claim to understand them fully, but I unquestionably enjoyed them. They are tragic stories, but they didn’t depress me.
Quite remarkable books, all in all. I won’t forget them.
I’ve reviewed the first book, A Corpse in the Koryo
The second book, Hidden Moon
The third book, Bamboo and Blood
The final book, The Man with the Baltic Stare
Lemony Snicket on Reading Poetry
Author Daniel Handler writes about reading and loving poetry.
If you were to walk into my living room on some weekend night, that would be creepy. But before I stood up alarmed and demanded to know what you were doing there, you would see me in a big black leather chair that, I’ve been told, is too big for the room. I’d be all dressed up, and reading poetry.
Toasting the Professor
Today at 9:00 p.m. local, we (meaning me and whoever wants to join me) are toasting Professor J.R.R. Tolkien on his birthday. There’s a Facebook page about it and you can read other laudatory comments at the Tolkien Society site.
2010 Book Lists, Recommendations
The Millions has been summarizing the year in books with a month’s worthy of posts. Here’s the month long index with scads of links.
I doubt any of the books praised here by Aaron Armstrong are in the posts above. He has focuses on Christian theology, living, and biographical books.
Author Mary Demuth has a different list for 2010, one of regrets.
The Tattered Covers blog has several author recommendations, by which I mean recommendations by authors. Click the Older Posts link to read more posts in this category. This is getting to be like a big literary party, without the spiced eggnog, by which I mean spiked eggnog.
Spiked eggnog may be the reason The Thinklings have not posted a 2010 book recommendation list, despite their claims of tee-totaling. They could be innocent, but where’s the list, I ask you? Where’s the list?
G.K. Chesterton on Film
Terry Teachout links to Alec Guinness’ portrayal of Father Brown and to Chesterton receiving an honor from a large crowd of admirers.
Flaherty on Lewis in the Wall Street Journal.
I don’t remember who pointed this out to me, but Micheal Flaherty at The Wall Street Journal offers a brilliant defense, both of Sarah Palin and of C. S. Lewis, against Joy Behar’s ignorant dismissal of the great Oxbridge scholar and Christian apologist as somebody who wrote children’s books.
An amazing slip-up on the part of someone who, we seem to be constantly assured, is one of the great minds of our time. I suppose I could say I was Surprised by Joy’s Ignorance.
Iranian Filmmaker Jailed, Banned from Filming
The Guardian (UK) reports:
The acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was sentenced to six years in prison today, and banned from directing and producing films for the next 20 years, his lawyer said.
Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies at Columbia University, said: “What Iran is doing with the artists, is exactly similar to what Taliban did in Afghanistan. This is exactly like bombing Buddha statues by the Taliban, Iran is doing the same with its artists.”
Links of interest. To me, anyway
Photo credit: Jorge Barrios.
The picture above is intended to induce holiday cheer, and possibly petit-mal seizures. Also because I haven’t gotten my own tree up yet.
Under the tree, a few links, just for you.
At First Things, Joe Carter points us to an interesting article from First Principles, on the true worth of the Puritans and Puritanism.
At City Journal, Andrew Klavan has a short story. Not Christmasy.
Mike Gray at The American Culture links to a Telegraph report on a debate on religion, between Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens.
And Standpoint has an excellent (what else?) review of a new book about Chesterton, with an appreciation, by the inestimable Paul Johnson. I forget who pointed me to it.