We all have a little Forrest Gump in us. A bit of Leonard Zelig. We’ve all had those moments when, suddenly, we are not merely witnesses to an instant fraught with meaning, but we are participants in the scene. We see ourselves both in the minute and with a cinematic distance: Camera pulls back wide […]
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The main reason I went to Beirut earlier this month was so I could see “The Dark Knight Rises” four more times at 35,000 feet. Four of the six flights I was on offered the movie as an entertainment option, and I figured if I watched the ending four times, I could finally decide once […]
If you have 29 seconds. . . And that’s all it takes. . . You can watch a short video preview of my new novel, “The Sandcastle Girls.” Simply click here. It was produced by Doubleday Books. And if, after viewing it, you want to read more about the novel or pre-order it (No pressure!), […]