ARTIST’S STATEMENT The Peter Paintings On a cool late summer evening when I was young, the taste of fall in the air, my mother took me and my best friend, Marylyn, to Provincetown for an evening out at the Fine Art Cinema to see “Expresso Bongo.” It was an occasion to go to Provincetown from
Suzanne Stroh is lead researcher for book about multigenerational success in family business Here’s a review in The New York Times of my handsome new book, Family Spirit. It grew out of the year-long research project I worked on with John Davis and Florence Tsai of Cambridge Institute for Family Enterprise in partnership with the
The Red Duchess Turns 140 It’s always refreshing to meet a lesbian without complexes. April 23 is the birthday of the pleasure-loving French memoirist and music patron Elisabeth de Gramont, born in 1875. Today she turns 140. I was in Paris last week gallivanting around with her biographer, Francesco Rapazzini. We did what Elisabeth would have
I’m thrilled to announce that on April 8, 2015, my screenplay SCOTCH VERDICT will be developed at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art under the artful dramaturgy of playwright and RADA graduate Deirdre Strath Clyde. If you haven’t come across the word dramaturgy in a while, it’s the art and technique of theatrical representation. SCOTCH VERDICT has
Fixed Gaze to Produce Romaine Brooks Trailer With the relaunch of RomaineBrooks.com, the book blog of biographer Cassandra Langer, I’m pleased to announce that Fixed Gaze Films will produce the trailer for All or Nothing: Romaine Brooks (1874-1970). The biography will be published in Fall 2015 by University of Wisconsin Press. Romaine Brooks has been in the
2015 Marks 25th Anniversary of Appalachian Trail Odyssey Happy New Year from the shores of the wild and woolly Great Lakes, where I spent my childhood. This picture from landscape photographer Mark Graf pretty much says it all about that six month season from the end of October all the way through April that Michiganders
Mother of Presidents Marries Lesbians! Approaching the winter solstice this month, pagan rites and marriage rites are both on my mind, heeding Scott Fitzgerald who advised creative people to be passionate about reconciling opposites. Cosmology has bled cinematically into these musings, in the form of INTERSTELLAR by Christopher Nolan (the love child of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
31 October 2014 life as a greek revival “she was the only ancient greek i ever knew” a conversation with artemis leontis Suzanne Stroh: Artemis, thanks for stopping by today on Natalie Barney’s 138th birthday. Here, have some cake. Lemonade? Artemis Leontis: Thank you! Virtual cakes have essential vitamins to keep memories alive! To augur many
SCREENWRITER’S NOTEBOOK COALS TO NEWCASTLE DEPARTMENT Send Coffee From one coffee loving writer to another, by way of Honoré de Balzac, we have today’s post in Biographile by Joe Muscolino. Plus “eight Honor é de Balzac quotes for writers who work hard and play harder.” It’s wonderful. Stir, read and enjoy. I’ll try to hunt down
Translator’s notebook Write with your spade and garden with your pen –Vita Sackville-West Monday morning. Back at my desk. One hundred and five years ago today in 1909, here on page 198, Lily and Natalie are frolicking in the garden of their first June together. I can only join them in translation. Leaving your
