Yaddo exhibit offers glimpse inside haven Nov 5, 2008
Applicants openly cited money as a reason for coming, like Erskine Caldwell, who begged to be admitted for "various reasons, mostly financial.". Meanwhile, the rise of the Nazis brought in a tide of applicants from overseas: popular and affluent Danish author, Karen Michealis, a supporter of Jewish victims of the Nazis who arrived penniless, paperless, suffering from a "little depression, a new thing for me"; painter-printmaker Rudolph Charles von Ripper and journalist Richard Berman, who in... (CNN -- Showbiz)
Albinism in the American Novel Oct 21, 2008
Ten Famous Works Trace Genetic Conditions Influence on Literature. Albinism has become the novelist's shorthand for the sublime, a trait that evokes terror, awe, or laughter in characters capable of anything--except common humanity. (Suite101.com)
Literary legends honored Aug 17, 2008
His book, "Palmetto Country," was written as part of the American Folkways Series edited by Erskine Caldwell. Stetson headed the Depression-era Florida Writers Project, and his book offered a unique look at Florida folklore. (The St. Augustine Record)
Albinism in Literature Jul 5, 2008
Sometimes, the use of albinism is comic, as in Erskine Caldwell s God s Little Acre, where Pluto tells Ty Ty that these all white men who look like they are made out of chalk or something can divine for gold ... Erskine Caldwell, God s Little Acre (1933). (Suite101.com)
La Jolla Playhouse unveils two more shows for '08 season Jan 17, 2008
That makes five upcoming Playhouse shows unveiled so far, including previously announced productions The Third Story, a commissioned work by the drag icon Charles Busch; and Tobacco Road, a revival of the Depression-era drama based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell. The Playhouse plans to announce three additional shows two as part of the experimental The Edge series and the other a play directed by Christopher Ashley, the theater's new artistic director. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Renowned Athens author motivates others to his craft Dec 1, 2007
In 2006, he was inducted to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame, made up of the state's best talents, including one of his favorite writers, Erskine Caldwell. Today, Kay will receive the Stanley W. Lindberg Award for outstanding contribution to the literary heritage of Georgia. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Playhouse's new chief not wasting time settling in Oct 15, 2007
Tobacco Road, adapted for the stage by Jack Kirkland from the 1932 novel by Erskine Caldwell, remains the second longest nonmusical ever to play on Broadway. After opening in December 1933, the story of Georgia sharecroppers scrambling not to starve during the Depression ran for eight years and a total of 3,182 performances. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
'Murder in Coweta County' author dies Oct 14, 2007
Which is why she had little patience for Georgia author Erskine Caldwell and his "Tobacco Road.". "Mostly, I find him as interesting as a block of cement," she said in a 2003 Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Hiking The Palmetto Trail Oct 7, 2007
On the Palmetto Trail / An easy stroll introduces the natural wonders of the South. You have to take it slow. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
New on DVD: 'Black Snake Moan' is a potboiler Jun 29, 2007
If you take it in the spirit of an Erskine Caldwell novel or, even more aptly, one of director Russ Meyer's "shanty-tramp" nudie pics, you can have fun with a potboiler that others will understandably dismiss as trash. The story is carried to significant degree by Samuel L. Jackson (Southern bluesman) and an amazingly buff Christina Ricci (itinerant nympho). (USA Today -- Life)
Flannery O'Connor letters open May 14, 2007
She quips that the French seem to think that fellow Georgia writer Erskine Caldwell is Shakespeare. She calls Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird," a child's story, and writes she can "barely force my way through" Truman Capote's "Breakfast at Tiffany's.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
