Criticism
Comprobante de una Vida Real (Traducido por Gloria Stokol)
To read the original story “Proof of Life” in English, click here. Aqui esta el articulo original en ingles. Reportaje hecho durante los meses de octubre a noviembre del 2008, escrito en noviembe del 2008. Traducido por Gloria V Nijensohn Stokol, octubre 2012. *Joanna no es su nombre verdadero Si pulsara en cada una de sus fotos... »
What the Caterpillar is Not
A roughly 300 word critique of this (“The Very Grouchy Daddy”) critique of The Hungry Caterpillar: On the whole, I think I’m grateful. I know I’m amused. But mostly, I’m pleased to encounter a piece that bitingly manages to balance the gently controversial with the insightful and fun. Daniel B. Smith’s “The Very Grouchy Daddy”’s indignant... »
Riding the Devil’s Highway with Death, Desolation and Perhaps Accountability
Of course, he’ll tell you up front that half plus one died. But you need not wait for his report: the back cover will supply the same one before you read a single page. That the number of Mexicans crossing the border illegally continues to soar is an understatement. That 26 attempted to do so in... »
In a Dark Time, the Eye begins to See: A Review of Busby Berkeley’s “By a Waterfall”
“I hereby grant your rascal camera full access to my crotch!” They seem to laugh indulgently (lashes curled, eyelids a flutter). “After all, Busby-wusby, it’s for a good cause!” And what a cause, indeed. American poet Theodore Roethke once wrote that “In a dark time, the eye begins to see.” Well. I’d say the Depression counts... »
Welcome Back, Western
Written September 2007 James Mangold’s 3:10 to Yuma is about redemption, self respect, and… pistol-packing, Stetson-wearing, leather-vested bad apples and their nefarious deeds. It’s also about bringing back the western as a more hardcore and less ridiculous genre. Mangold (of Walk the Line and Girl, Interrupted fame) is not the first to use the Elmore Leonard short story... »