by 40926pwpadmin | Oct 12, 2025 | Blog
I’m not deeply immersed in the work of Elmore Leonard yet. But I’m heading in that direction. He’s best known for his gritty crime novels, many of which have been adapted to film or television and have done well commercially and critically. Jackie Brown, the 1997...
by 40926pwpadmin | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog
If you were a young kid anytime between the mid-1950s and the mid-1980s, you probably remember him. He had a funny haircut and a mustache, and he wore a jacket with enormous pockets. He welcomed you every morning at eight o’clock into a place he called the Treasure...
by 40926pwpadmin | Sep 30, 2025 | Blog
I recently finished reading The Dime Detectives, Ron Goulart’s comprehensive history of the genesis of modern American detective fiction. The 238-page journey took me much longer than it should have, because a demanding writing schedule since the beginning of the year...
by 40926pwpadmin | Sep 16, 2025 | Blog
With the exception of Robert Johnson or Muddy Waters, few blues artists of the 20th century were more influential and enduring than guitarist, singer and songwriter B.B. King. In a span of nearly seventy years, he cemented a reputation as the primary ambassador of the...
by 40926pwpadmin | Sep 14, 2025 | Blog
I was not even two years old in mid-September of 1965, so I have no memory of the premiere of Lost in Space on network TV sixty years ago. I vaguely remember watching an episode here and there from the final season in 1968, but that’s the extent of my connection to...
