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Music and Lyrics

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So I had a very Valentine day by going to see Music and Lyrics, a story of love between an insecure writer and a has been musician. While the movie was your typical chick flix, there was a bit of a “that sounds familiar” vibe from grad school. Recently, we read a Francine Prose book Blue Angel for one of my classes. Well, Sophia Fisher (Drew Barrymore’s character) had a past affair with her writing teacher who then wrote a book about her seducing him and destroying his career. He then went on to win the National Book Award. Very familiar.

The New York Times has posted the first chapter of Michael Chabon’s new book Gentlemen of the Road. As a fan of Chabon’s first novel Mysteries of Pittsburgh I made sure to check the link ASAP. While I’m not going to ruin the read for you, I will say Chabon has a skill in going into new worlds each time he puts out a book. This time you can check out a fight between The African and The Frank in the Caucasus Mountains, 950 A.D.