David MatthewsNov 20, 20161 minSaturday Evening with Leonard Cohen (1934–2016)Bird on a Wire David Remnick, Leonard Cohen Makes It Darker, The New Yorker, October 17, 2016 #SaturdayEveningwith
David MatthewsNov 20, 20161 minOn a lighter note: the naming of Catch-22The current issue of The New York Review of Books has a delightful review of Robert Gottlieb's memoir Avid Reader. Gottlieb is an editor,...
David MatthewsNov 17, 20167 minThree Scandinavian FilmsThree from the NW Film Center New Scandinavian Cinema Series What say we move the conversation away from politics for the moment. Last...
David MatthewsNov 12, 20163 minWhither?Hillary Clinton conducted herself with honor this week, as did Barack Obama. Donald Trump is the new president. He won the election. The...
David MatthewsNov 7, 20161 minElena FerranteToday I finished Elena Ferrante's The Story of the Lost Child, the fourth and final Neapolitan novel. With the last page a phase of my...
David MatthewsNov 4, 20161 minWalking Myself BackLast night's post has a needlessly provocative title (Juan Cole asks, Did your mother drop you on your head?) that distracts from the...