I regret to report that I am still not through UNDER THE DOME. However, I’m getting closer. In the meantime, I had an interesting conversation that got me thinking about how I’ve changed as a reader, and seem to be slowing down as I get older.
it’s always refreshing to pick up a book by a writer you’ve never read, but who often seems to be mentioned in glowingly positive terms, and find yourself enjoying the story they’ve put together. More than that, to find the book not quite like anything else you’ve read before, here in an age where libraries can be downloaded in an afternoon, could be construed as a minor (and very entertaining) miracle.
J.D. Salinger passed away a few days ago. He’s most famous for Catcher in the Rye of course, although he wrote several other stories as well, but I have the sneaking suspicion that, if he were here, old J.D. Would prefer I not talk about him, so let’s focus on something else instead:
The Winter Nights Film Series, hosted by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, continues this week, January 29 at 7 p.m. ZapTown will be presenting articles on the films being shown throughout January and February. This week’s film in the series is Orson Welle’s Touch of Evil with special guests actor, director, and author Peter Bogdanovich (author of This Is Orson Welles and IU Emeritus Professor of Film Studies James Naremore (author of The Magic World of Orson Welles).
My apologies for the silence since the New Year. I haven’t gotten any columns out this month, and I feel bad about that.
