| 04/10/2001 The point of Southern humor is ... but we digress
We will keep this lesson on Southern humor short and sweet. Which – according to Roy Blount Jr., who edited Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor (Norton, $27.50), who has written 16 books including the best-selling memoir Be Sweet, and who, along with National Public Radio commentator Bailey White, will opine on and otherwise obscure the subject of Southern humor Tuesday for Arts & Letters Live – means we're already off on the wrong foot. 04/08/2001 Books in brief Books highlights Texas tour de force
Unforgettable singers, memorable productions – these mandatory ingredients render opera the most difficult art form to present, but the most rewarding to experience. Lawrence Kelly and Nicola Rescigno made these fundamental principles two of the three cornerstones (the Dallas Symphony was third) of the Dallas Civic Opera, the company they founded in 1957. Best sellers
This week's list of local best sellers is from The Enchanted Forest – Books for Children, 6333 E. Mockingbird Lane at Abrams in Dallas. National best sellers are from The New York Times. Laurence McNamee and Kent Biffle: Day of infamy
With Good Friday falling on the l3th this year, our mailbox runneth over with queries on this subject. Typical is a letter from historian Laurence T. Jones, from Austin. Isolating memories of childhood
Rarely do contemporary writers of short fiction give, as Alistair MacLeod does in these stories, full excursions into their characters' feelings, thoughts, memories and souls by way of arriving at what a story is actually about. Mr. MacLeod does it consistently and successfully, blending with his meanderings the influence of the beautiful and harsh setting of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Following a trail of money
Barbara Garson's idea: Invest a little pile of money, then follow its footprints through today's global economy. The objective: To learn how things work in the real world. Needed: A slasher
Stephen King's courtship of a more mainstream audience has resulted in memorable novels such as The Green Mile, Bag of Bones and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, not to mention a couple of terrific novellas in Hearts in Atlantis. So, naturally, there has been a lot of anticipation about Dreamcatcher, the author's first novel since his near-fatal vehicle-pedestrian accident two years ago. Local best sellers
This week's list of local best sellers is from The Enchanted Forest – Books for Children, 6333 E. Mockingbird Lane at Abrams, Dallas. National best sellers are from The New York Times. Children's best sellers Audiobooks Help Yourself: Self-help books |
