Posts tagged “fiction”
I thought Brie Larson was phenomenal in the AppleTV+ limited series Lessons in Chemistry. The 1950s period drama is based on Bonnie Garmus' 2022 novel and includes not only a brilliant pair of scientists in love, sexism, homophobia, racism, cooking, a legal battle over eminent domain, Beau Bridges, and dastardly Christians, but several scenes about rowing and a homemade erg. And don’t even get me started on the dog’s point of view episode. <chef’s kiss>
#FridayFive: Books for Senior Year
Five books to read before you finish high school
#FridayFive: Spenser
Robert B. Parker’s Perfect Sleuth
Real Products for Fictional Companies
The excellent local blog CurbedLA had an entry recently on artist Mark Bennett’s blueprints of fictional places. He has created very detailed floor-plans of famous pretend places, like the homes of George and Jane Jetson, Rob and Laura Petrie, and June and Ward Cleaver. (There’s a book, too!) I thought these were terrific so I
At Lunch with Ernest
At Lunch with Ernest Hemingway is a transcript of an imaginary interview with the author. Sven Birkerts wrote this in 1999 and it is an interesting tale of how Hemingway might view the world – and his influence on it – today.