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Rick Kot

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Former nonfiction editor at Viking Penguin, now occasional freelance; cinemane, music lover, cyclist, dog and parrot guardian, jawnz enthusiast, procrastinator, mumbler.

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The Rona Jaffe Foundation

Yes, it is David, not Fred (of The Wonder Years). I donโ€™t think any of Jaffeโ€™s other books was successful, but she did establish a foundation awarding grants to emerging women writers. (www.ronajaffefoundation.org).

12.07.2025 21:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I donโ€™t know what Rona was doing with those character names - not only Shalimar but Caroline Bender, Fred Savage, Dexter Key, Gregg Adams.

12.07.2025 18:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope Langeโ€™s reader's report (three sentences?) suggesting her potential (at least in Brian Aherneโ€™s (Fred Shalimar!) eyes) is priceless. Crawford, Boyd, Bob Evans, Suzy Parker - embarrassment of riches.

12.07.2025 18:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You have to wonder, yet again, who the NYT thinks its audience is.

29.06.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Curious about the cost, too. And would like to see a floor plan to see how they lay out three bedrooms in 980 sq ft.

24.06.2025 21:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Donโ€™t get me all worked up about โ€œcaryatidโ€ again. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ But I certainly did try chilblain.

15.06.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the best of the James film adaptations, along with The Innocents and (of course) The Heiress, which I must have watched six times during lockdown. And Lee Remick makes The Bostonians worth a watch.

07.06.2025 20:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HBC is excellent in the underseen Wings of the Dove.

07.06.2025 20:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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