May 22nd, 2008 | by richlouis | published in publishing, writing
Hi Richard,
Agents and editors are flooded with proposals from authors trying to get their article or book published. So how can you make your writing stand out? In The [...]
April 15th, 2008 | by richlouis | published in Events, writing
Songs in the Key of My Life | The Brecht Forum
tomorrow
Come out and support Ferentz Lafargue
January 23rd, 2008 | by richlouis | published in authors, writing
Some years ago, Tom Wolfe called on novelists to abandon the cul-de-sac of modern “literary” fiction, which he saw as self-absorbed, thumb-sucking gamesmanship, and instead to revive social realism, to take up as a subject the colossal, astonishing, and terrible pageant of contemporary America. I doubt he imagined that one of the best responses to this call would be a TV program, but the boxed sets blend nicely on a bookshelf with the great novels of American history.
January 12th, 2008 | by richlouis | published in announcement, authors, mixed-media, painting, photography, video, writing
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August 28th, 2007 | by richlouis | published in authors, writing
Photo by Ted Partin from New York Magazine
While it’s not a rare occurrence to get a new book from my favorite Haitian writer Danticat, it’s been 11 years (it’s been that long and i was just finishing college back then) since Junot Diaz dropped his book of critically-acclaimed short stories, Drown, and the latest issue [...]