by Clea | Sep 30, 2008 | Banned Books
David Ulin, books editor over at the Los Angeles Times, has an interesting piece in today’s paper. We should fight the banning of books, he says. But to ignore the potentially inflammatory nature of some books (“Mein Kampf,” for example) is...
by Clea | Sep 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
Just got to interview the charming and thoughtful John Hodgman, author of the spanking new More Information Than You Require. We spoke for an upcoming piece in the Boston Phoenix; I’ll post a link when that runs. But in brief, I will say he was a lovely,...
by Clea | Sep 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
My dear friend, the lovely and talented Caroline Leavitt, and I have decided to start a regular Monday trade-off of blogs based on questions we’ve gotten over the years. This week, we’re both taking on the balancing act that most working writers face: how...
by Clea | Sep 27, 2008 | Banned Books
Sound like something out of Orwell’s “1984”? It’s not. If some folks have their way, a huge range of books – covering everything from health (including our reproductive systems) to fiction (including Phillip Pullman, Mark Twain, and that great,...
by Clea | Sep 26, 2008 | Cattery Row
Wow, summer is just barely over and already there’s a chill in the air. The trees are beginning to blaze orange and red. And for anyone who loves cats – or a slightly scary bit of woo-woo, that can only mean one thing: Halloween is on the way! One of the...
