The Incident with Mr. Antolini in Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger Near the end of Catcher in… Read more Catcher in the Rye – Mr. Antolini
Author: Rick
My life-long passion is in the arts: music, theater, visual arts, and literature. I graduated from Cal Arts in 1985 with a degree in music composition. After a career in Human Resources with the AIDS Project Los Angeles and as a parish minister for Unitarian Universalist churches in the Los Angeles area, I retired in 2025 and pursued my artistic work: drawing, painting, composing, and creative writing.
Catcher in the Rye
Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger After re-reading Slaughter-House Five, a favorite of my teen-age years, I thought… Read more Catcher in the Rye
Slaughter-House Five
Slaughter-House Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. I’ve been reading war novels lately: War and Peace, A Farewell to Arms, For… Read more Slaughter-House Five
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway “Ask not for whom the bell tolls” is the misquoted end of… Read more For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black by Stendahl It took me more than a month after finishing Kafka’s The Trial to… Read more The Red and the Black
The Trial
The Trial by Franz Kafka The Trial is one of three novels that Kafka left unfinished when he died of… Read more The Trial
Twilight Man
Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire, by Liz Brown One day, following… Read more Twilight Man
Nine Nasty Words
Nine Nasty Words, English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever, by John McWhorter John McWhorter teaches linguistics at Columbia… Read more Nine Nasty Words
James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays
James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays, edited by Clive Hart and David Hayman I picked up this book somewhat randomly at… Read more James Joyce’s Ulysses: Critical Essays
Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce Ulysses is the story of two men moving through Dublin, first separately and then coming together,… Read more Ulysses