Lisa Carnochan

Category: Literature & the Arts

You know how sometimes you read a blog and find yourself delighted by the author’s sheer access to language? How some writing evinces an almost

January 13, 2011 31 Comments

Literature & the Arts

Nowadays art comes in many forms. Used to be we made a) art for kings and gods b) art for farmers and hunters. Art for

December 6, 2010 22 Comments

When my daughter was 2 we happened to spend New Year’s Eve in Rome. On the 3rd day, discussions were held about the next day’s

September 22, 2010 21 Comments

The Season of Second ChancesBy Diane Meier (Henry Holt & Co.; pages; $25.00) Books for women have a storied history. From Jane Austen, to Georgette

April 1, 2010 30 Comments

My father turned 79 the other day. We gathered, some of us, for dinner. We ate in the dining room. Among family. We gave my

January 2, 2010 45 Comments

OMG. You must look at this. David Hockney’s drawings on his iPhone. The New York Review of Books. I’m so thankful for artists. Thank you,

November 30, 2009 6 Comments

Life is a scavenger hunt run backward as well as forward, a race to comprehend. But with Wasps, the caretakers lock the explanatory sorrows away,

September 23, 2009 21 Comments

Work can be hard. It matters to be able to come home. To take a deep long breath and put your feet up on the

July 1, 2009 11 Comments