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'Raymond Carver: The Collected Stories'

Raymond Carver's sometimes troubled life yielded an incredible trove of genre-busting fiction that not only stands on its own but also had an indelible influence on late-20th century literature. Carol Sklenicka's superb biography, "Raymond Carver: A ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009

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'Raymond Carver,' by Carol Sklenicka

Raymond Carver's life, as related in the exhaustive and definitive new biography by Carol Sklenicka, reads like a Raymond Carver story. That isn't merely a facile observation about a writer who mined his own life for his work: His impact on American ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Raymond Carver,  New York Times Company,  J D Salinger,  Donald Barthelme,  Ann Beattie

TV review: 'Mustang: Journey of Transformation'

One nearly surefire way to know if a film is very good is wishing it were twice as long. At 30 minutes, it's astounding how much Bay Area filmmaker Will Parrinello tells us in "Mustang: Journey of Transformation," airing tonight on KQED. At the same ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Richard Gere

Jazz CD: Mads Tolling, 'The Playmaker'

Offhand, I can't think of very many jazz instrumental compositions dedicated to NFL quarterbacks and other sports figures. Then again, Danish-born violinist Mads Tolling defies predictability through his 11-cut sophomore CD, "The Playmaker," whose ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NFL,  Tom Brady,  Zinedine Zidane,  LeBron James,  Stanley Clarke

Date Lines

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Demetri Martin, comic and co-star of Ang Lee's film "Taking Woodstock," will tape five episodes of his Comedy Central show "Important Things With Demetri Martin" in San Francisco ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Demetri Martin,  Ang Lee,  Ford Motor Company,  Barack Obama,  White House

TV review: 'Collision'

A multicar pileup on a British highway sets the stage for the intricately interwoven plot of "Collision," a solidly compelling two-part offering from "Masterpiece Contemporary," airing this Sunday and next. At various points, we think we know how the ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anthony Horowitz,  Phil Davis,  Sylvia Syms

Rue McClanahan tribute at Castro canceled

Quick links to the best of SFGate | Still can't find it? see Site Index Bay Area impresario Marc Huestis has announced that the forthcoming tribute to "Golden Girls" co-star Rue McClanahan, scheduled for Nov. 14 at the Castro Theatre, has been canceled. ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rue McClanahan

Music review: Foot injury can't stop Mika

Toward the end of the 17-song set, the lanky Londoner was visibly limping, his mop of curls flattened against his forehead by sweat, and the slash of garish red makeup on his cheekbone long melted away. And while he may not have jumped quite as high as ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  26 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Mika (musician),  Grace Kelly,  Freddie Mercury,  Dr. John (musician)

TV review: 'Endgame' and the fall of apartheid

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, but, at times, edgier as well, as evidenced by the behind-the-scenes drama that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa. Based on Robert Harvey's book "The Fall of Apartheid," "Endgame," airing on ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  21 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jonny Lee Miller,  Robert Harvey,  William Hurt,  Nelson Mandela,  African National Congress

CD: Blood and Candle Smoke

Tom Russell, set to play the Little Fox Theatre in Redwood City on Dec. 10 and Freight and Salvage on Dec. 11, has survived for decades in the music business by being his own man and defying categorization and predictability. Yet, no matter how ...

From DAVID WIEGAND, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Tom Russell (musician),  Johnny Cash,  Merle Haggard,  Nina Simone,  Mother Jones

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