Episode 8 of LFTRR Explains the “First Page Test”
James J. Patterson is the reluctant scholar and on this (the eighth!) episode of Live from the Reading Room, he reads the from his essay of the same name. He also reads from books that have passed his "First Page Test" including "Night Train to Lisbon" by Pascal Mercier, "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Muse" by Jessie Burton, "The Tropic of Cancer" by Henry Miller, and "Confessions" by Jean-Jaques Rousseau.
[Elizabeth Hazen] Lessons From a Turtle (Fishbowl)
Lessons From a Turtle by Elizabeth Hazen Once at the National Zoo, I watched a pair of giant tortoises copulating, the sound that emanated from their habitat like a sleeper’s […]
Featured Audio: “Work is My Secret Lover,” a poem by Grace Cavalieri
Grace Cavalieri Reads, “Work is My Secret Lover” The poet Grace Cavalieri is a truly generous friend of poetry and poets. In her writing and all she does her large-minded […]
[Richard Peabody] talks ‘Gargoyle Magazine’ with Buzz McClain
Buzz McClain of Northern Virginia Magazine sat down with Richard and others close to him in order to ask a very important question: What’s next for Richard Peabody?
Founder of the DC-ubiquitous annual magazine, Gargoyle, esteemed editor and writer in his own regard, Richard has recently put out through Alan Squire Publishing a compendium of his work, The Richard Peabody Reader…so, what’s next?