This post has been updated…again The DC Public Library is hosting an event to kickoff a new website — DC By the Book — Wednesday, March 27 at 6 PM at Busboys and Poets (5th & K Streets, NW). Special guest authors Thomas Mallon (Watergate), Ann McLaughlin (The House On Q Street), and editor Adam [...]
I wasn’t a big reader in my early years; but I could read. My parents read to me, my sister, even my older cousins. We got free books in school. I remember each of us got a set of Dr. Seuss books: Stop That Ball, One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, Green Eggs and Ham. [...]
Everyone’s talking about “The Wire” these days, a show that only recently wrapped up its run on HBO. DVD sets are on the shelves ready to buy or ready to fly into your mail box courtesy of Netflix. Articles and interviews about “The Wire” are all over the place. Here are a few: Bill Moyers [...]
Having a bit of a brain melt. I accidentally deleted my post about Undercover Blackman (UBM) blogging from New Orleans. UBM is on the writing team for David Simon’s (creator of “The Wire”) new HBO drama series “Treme” (I haven’t figured out how to add the accent on WordPress yet). “Treme” takes place in the [...]
