Life in a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. B.M.A.T.C., and Etruscan typewriter erasers. Blogged by David Gorsline.
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Paul Goldberger writes the obituary for Philip Johnson:
Often considered the dean of American architects, Mr. Johnson was known less for his individual buildings than for the sheer force of his presence on the architectural scene, which he served as a combination godfather, gadfly, scholar, patron, critic, curator and cheerleader.
Goldberger talks to Robert Siegel for "All Things Considered." Johnson designed a trio of towers for Tysons Corner here in Fairfax County. Only one was built, and his original site design has been modified rather substantially. posted: 8:56:57 PM |
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Jonathan Yardley doesn't quite agree with me about The Catcher in the Rye:
Oh, grow up. The Catcher in the Rye may have its uses for the
adolescent reader—indeed, it seems to have become an obligatory part
of the American rite of passage—but there's precious little in it for
the mature adult.
Granted, I've always responded more to Salinger's Glass family stories than to the glum romanticism of Holden Caulfield. (And for that matter, if I were to pick one up now, I might find it a little too precious.) But think of Catcher as a gateway drug: it opens up the world of literary fiction to teenagers. Some will go on to more sophisticated material as they grow older, even as many others go no farther, and simply sidle into genre fiction and other airport books as they become adults. (Thanks to scribble, scribble, scribble...) posted: 3:22:47 PM |
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