by bertbaby | Nov 1, 2013 | Book Reviews
John and George Keats – “Man of Genius and Man of Power” as John himself put it – are profiled in this portrait of the English Romantic era and two of its icons.
by bertbaby | Nov 1, 2013 | Book Reviews
November 1: “I have little to recommend my opinions but long observation and much impartiality. They come from one who has been no tool of power, no flatterer of greatness, and who in his last acts does not wish to belie the tenor of his life.”...
by bertbaby | Nov 1, 2013 | Book Reviews
A new book looks back at the life — and premature end — of an enigmatic actor.
by bertbaby | Oct 31, 2013 | Book Reviews
October 31: “His mother was a man-hungry teenager; his father — one could never be sure — an innkeeper on the make. Their eldest son, the school bully, grew into a dandy who dressed like Lord Byron, scrawled bawdy rhymes, burned himself with...
by bertbaby | Oct 30, 2013 | Book Reviews
In memory of Lou Reed (1942-2013), we return to Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain’s definitive oral history of punk rock, which opens with pioneer Reed stating of the movement, “The music gave you back your beat so you could dream.”
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