by Lise Funderburg | Apr 15, 2011 | THRIFT
The Scene: Bargain Thrift Center, Northwest Philadelphia The Excuse: Had to drop off my sister at her auto mechanic’s, which is in the direction of BTC. The Haul Highlights: Many (many, many) summer outfits for the grandbaby-in-residence, who needs a little...
by Lise Funderburg | Apr 8, 2011 | Word Up
In the realm of great literature knowing no geopolitical or cultural bounds, I sing the praises of John McGahern’s By the Lake, an Irish novel lent to me by a Mexican-American poet. Such a deft hand McGahern has with scene-setting! How quietly yet powerfully he...
