Patricia Abbott (pattinase)

This was a movie I wanted to like, expected to like, but didn't. And I think it points out my main problem with most science fiction. Th...

Parisians reading. You can admire a book for its skill, for its compelling plot or characters, but what about the one in a hundred that real...

Isn't it nice when the children of friends have a big success? Or, in this case, the daughter-in-law of good friends. Sarah Ellison, aut...

Phil at Shakespeare and Company in Paris (and yes, they had Megan's books!) Last night a friend (an English professor) told me that she...

Parisians reading. Thanks to Rick Robinson for organizing the last month's worth of choices. Friday Forgotten Books: The Summing Up May...

Parisian reading. Many thanks to Mr. George Kelly for anchoring this ship for the past three weeks. I checked in from an internet cafe but ...

From Hannah Stoneham's blog : "Simon at Stuck in a Book , who is the source of many good ideas, has had me wracking my brain for...

THE ELEGANCE OF THE HEDGEHOG , Muriel Barbery This novel, a selection of my reading group, at first put me off. Who wants to read, or in my ...

Parisian reading . Check out my favorite movie of this spring on Crimespree Cinema. We saw a bunch of old American movies in Paris. One of t...

How can you not be a writer when you see this across the street? Or am I the only one who sees it?

From THE PARIS REVIEW. What are some of the problems you have dealt with often and expect to deal with in the future? SIMENON One of them...

Something that fails is arbitrary; something that succeeds is inevitable.

The Runaways at Crimespree Cinema Megan is at the Turin International Book Fair this weekend. Her very kind Italian publisher has dined her ...

Check with George Kelley for this week's forgotten books.

This 1968 film is on TCM Saturday (May 15th) at noon. If you have never seen it, it's a surreal adaptation of the John Cheever story, st...

So who's going? I am trying to work my nerve up. Big is scary but so is small. I want to see my hometown again though. Maybe I can offer...

Some people who write stories spend a lot of time thinking about names for their characters. (Or at least I do, how about the rest of you?) ...

Few TV shows have ever foregrounded music like TREME is doing on HBO. But I remember a time when music was nearly absent on TV in dramas and...

Check out my review for Mid-August Lunch on Crimespree Cinema . The Summing Up, Friday, May 7, 2010 Joe Barone, Gideon's Day , J.J. Mari...

Brian Solomon is a an editor by day and prolific blogger by night. In between, he somehow manages to be a husband and father, and maintain...