The 2009 Texas Bound series kicked off last night at the Dallas Theater Center, with wonderful readings by actors Jessica D. Turner, Brad Leland, Liz Mikel and Chamblee Ferguson of short stories and essays by Katherine Center (who was in...
I saw Wally Lamb at Arts & Letters Live last night, and he was incredibly warm, kind and engaging. I know Joy Tipping is planning a post about his appearance, so I'll stay away from most of it. But one...
The lineup for 2009's Arts & Letters Live season at the Dallas Museum of Art was unveiled today, and as usual, it's a feast for the literal-minded. Highlights would include Ian McEwan, Elizabeth Gilbert, Wally Lamb, David Sedaris and Chimamanda...
David Sedaris fans who are not members of the Dallas Museum of Art or KERA might wish to sign up quickly. The DMA announced today that he'll be appearing 7:30 p.m. April 19 at McFarlin Auditorium in a benefit for...
Our interview with Louise Erdrich appears today in GuideLive. Here's an excerpt from her new novel, The Plague of Doves. (Update: And don't forget -- you can see her tomorrow when she appears with Arts & Letters Live and The...
Here's an excerpt from "The Girl With No Shadow," by Joanne Harris. You can read the review in today's GuideLive; you can also see her Tuesday at Arts & Letters Live. (And there's more about her at her publisher's site...
Two lessons for would-be writers in tonight's remarks byThomas Cahill. Lesson one is: Persistence. He says he conceived of his series, which he calls "Hinges of History," in 1970. It took him 10 years of research to determine whether the...
Because of demand for tickets, Thomas Cahill's Arts & Letters Live talk was moved from the Dallas Museum of Art across the street to First United Methodist Church. It was fortuitous. The estimated 700 people who turned out tonight to...
Tracy Chevalier, author of the best-selling Girl With a Pearl Earring, utterly captivated the crowd at tonight's Arts & Letters Live event at the Dallas Museum of Art, talking mostly about her latest book, Burning Bright, which uses poet-painter William...
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