Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable, by Samuel Beckett One of the recurring threads in Charlie Kaufaman’s Antkind is mid-20th century… Read more Molloy, Malone Dies, the Unnameable
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.
I am Madame X
I am Madame X, by Gioia Diliberto I love John Singer Sargent’s portrait, “Doctor Pozzi at Home” at the Hammer… Read more I am Madame X
Antkind
Antkind, by Charlie Kaufman. An absurd novel by the screenwriter best known for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine… Read more Antkind
Kindly Inquisitors
Kindly Inquisitors by Jonathan Rauch Jonathan Rauch wrote this book in 1993 as a warning against the suppression on college… Read more Kindly Inquisitors
The Man in the Red Coat
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes Julian Barnes researches the story behind the model for one of… Read more The Man in the Red Coat
The Line of Beauty
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst A novel by the English writer Alan Hollinghurst set in the Thatcherite years… Read more The Line of Beauty
Deviant’s War
Deviant’s War by Eric Cervini a biography of Frank Kameny the gay activist of the 1950s and 60s who protested… Read more Deviant’s War
Leading Men
Leading Men by Christopher Castellani A novel that creates a fictional story around true incidents in the life of Tennessee… Read more Leading Men
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust I started last fall and finished a few weeks ago. I had… Read more In Search of Lost Time
Farewell
My final worship with you, at least for a few years. As some of you know, back on March 13,… Read more Farewell