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Rodes Fishburne
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Readers, I will occasionally be offering links to articles or stories that I think are worth your time. And this essay definitely falls into that category. Writer Joshua Wolf Shenk has done a first-rate job telling the story of an amazing study into the nature of happiness, and the complexity of the human soul, in the [...]
May 14, 2009, 6:36 PM
Ok, I soooo did not need to know this. From an interview about the crowning of the Miss California beauty pagent. RODRIGUEZ: But don’t the judges look at proportion when they’re judging the swimsuits? Wouldn’t she have a better chance of winning if she were more proportioned? LEWIS: Well, of course she does. But there’s plenty of [...]
May 1, 2009, 12:57 PM
“Mr. Fishburne, I was drawn by the title of your book by accident, as a few years ago I heard a songwriters interview ( McMurtry ?) who had written a song in which “going to see the elephants” was code in the 30’s or 40’s for a young farmhand’s trip into town for his 1st sexual [...]
April 28, 2009, 2:02 PM
Cool Tech from Independent bookstores
How many times on my booktour was I asked: where can I buy your book? Millions and Millions of times. The quick answer is Amazon and Barnes and Noble but of course there are thousands of independent bookstores too that are perfectly good at selling books. But Independent bookstores have traditionally been behind the technology curve, which makes [...]
April 28, 2009, 1:12 PM
You might be a tired new parent if…
At least once per week you get to work and realize you forgot to wash the shampoo out of your hair.
April 14, 2009, 6:50 PM
Rodes Fishburne is an American writer with experience as a journalist, playwright, and novelist. His 2008 novel Going to See the Elephant explores the creative and financial difficulties of writing and employs a euphemism for “going out west,” replete with all the exoticism that comes with it. His 2004 one-act play Waiting for Henry to Snow revolved around the theme of honor, while 2002’s Note to Self dealt with theft and plagiarism. He has written for The New Yorker and The New York Times. Born in Virginia, Fishburne graduated from Emory and Henry College and attended St. Peter’s College, Oxford.
