Ron Suresha | February 28, 2006
Literary Fest Needs to Go Underground By Stephen Chupaska New London Times, 2/24/2006 http://www.shorepublishing.com/archive/re.aspx?re=9f9b7058-2e08-4ab4-8d73-48c598ecb6b3 New London – The once popular, but now financially ruined Boats, Books and Brushes is not happening this year. According to organizers, the festival, which hosted luminary authors such as Tom Brokaw and Mike Lupica, as well as the now disgraced [...]
Ron Suresha | February 25, 2006
Festival Leaders Failed To Value Local Talent Published on 2/25/2006 in The Day Editorial – Letters to The Editor To The Editor Of The Day: I enjoyed the article about the Boats, Books and Brushes festival, but it left many questions about its mismanagement and subsequent demise. (“New London cancels summer festival,” Feb. 15.) Why [...]
Ron Suresha | February 21, 2006
Festival Was Too Good For New London By Steven Slosberg Published on 2/21/2006 in The Day Was it all a dream? Hordes of disciples and fanatics cheering and crowding along the railroad tracks in New London as a train carrying not Gandhi, but Rachael Ray, the Food Network's personification of bubble and squeak, pulled into [...]
Ron Suresha | February 16, 2006
Ron reads the essay “Partner’s Death Ends Happy Life on Ranch” by Jessie Torrisi and a “Brokeback Mountain Grocery List”.
Ron Suresha | February 15, 2006
Finally, the newspaper has gotten around to investigating the BB&B fiasco. Ms Glover, president of Sail New London, may be responsible for its financial failure. This from the black children's librarian who condoned my exclusion from the event. It's weird that she equivocates in every statement. Is she the president of this organization or not? [...]
Ron Suresha | February 12, 2006
Finished: Salt: A World History, Mark Kurlansky The Truth (With Jokes), Al Franken Rainbows Appear: Tibetan Poems of Shabkar, Ricard/Doushe Begun: Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis, Jimmy Carter Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies, and Denial in Black America, Keith Boykin (finally in paperback!) Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights, Kenji Yoshino [...]
Ron Suresha | February 8, 2006
TheDay.com changes the location of most content after 24 hours, but here it is now: http://tinyurl.com/8gv79 Wednesday, February 08, 2006 Sheehan Likely To Earn Lengthy, Justified Fame To the Editor of The Day: John Foley's shallow and cynical characterization of anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan as an over-opinionated fame-seeker indicates that he pays far more attention, [...]
