Tag Archives: authors

Grace in territory held largely by the devil

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

This week at Salon.com, Allen Barra has published a review of a new biography of Flannery O’Connor.  My first encounter with O’Connor was as a freshman English major in college, when I read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” … Continue reading →

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Once More, John Updike

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

And I think of John Updike, who illuminated private lives and wrote so lovingly of the world, who called snowfall "an immense whispering" and compared a brilliant snowy day to overdeveloped film. Who re-created the backyards and clotheslines of small-town … Continue reading →

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Pizzigati’s Wake Up Call

Posted on January 31, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

When Sam Pizzigati’s Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality That Limits Our Lives was first published in 2004, the audience that the book found might well have been considered “The Choir.”  There were some rumblings in the distance … Continue reading →

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Rabbit Remembered

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

John Updike (1932-2009) John Updike’s Life and Work from Salon © 2009 – 2011, Fred Bubbers. All rights reserved.

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J.D. Salinger turns 90

Posted on January 1, 2009 by Fred Bubbers

Author and famous recluse J.D. Salinger turns 90 today.  Like Bob Dylan, either you get it or you don’t, but if you get it, you really, really get it: “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing … Continue reading →

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