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Diane Joy Charney
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INTRODUCING TIANA GINGER CHARNEY: And baby makes three!
Hey, wait a minute! Hadn’t we already heard that back in 1979, given that our son celebrated his 46th birthday yesterday?
Well, during the course of our nearly 55 years of marriage we have had occasion to say “and baby makes three” during the three times we adopted rescue dogs Bandit, Murray, and Tiana. I’m not counting our first dog, Bip(squeak) Snowflake Charney who was languishing yet hopeful
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Letters to Men of Letters
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Letters to Men and Women of Letters
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The Journal of Art Crime: Spring 2011
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"under milk wood provides a look at the daily lives of the people of a small fishing village in Wales. Some are hard working model citizens; some are hard working and sober by day but drunk by night; some are town gossips; some are, rightfully so, the"
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A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon:
"My words of praise for this book would fail so far short of what I felt in reading the account of completing the through hike of the Grand Canyon. Extremely detailed in describing views, textures, colors, and terrain encountered during the hike can o"
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How To Succeed At Aging Without Really Dying
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This book on a potentially sobering topic sounds like fun. But can anything match the wisdom, eloquence, and hilarity of Roger Rosenblatt’s Rules for
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“After all, what is a letter, if not the attempt to bridge the gap between a certain “here” and elsewhere—a way of encapsulating and holding in one’s hand something that has been in both places? A way of marking and capturing lost time? Maybe the letter has always been my madeleine.”
― Letters to Men of Letters
― Letters to Men of Letters
“Each letter is part memoir, part intellectual coming-of-age, part reaction to having read, loved, studied, and taught the work of these timeless writers. Libraries are full of essays and literary studies about these authors, but a letter is more personal and intimate. These letters reflect my own relationship with the authors—what they have taught me about myself, but also what they can offer the reader.”
― Letters to Men of Letters
― Letters to Men of Letters
“A unexpected result of having written Letters to Men of Letters is the pleasure I have felt at introducing my favorite authors to those who did not know about them before. Ralph is an example. We were in the same schools since kindergarten, but had not been in touch for 55 years. We recently reconnected. Although unfamiliar with most of my authors, Ralph read my book, and then he was inspired to go to the library! I was surprised and touched that what I wrote was having an effect on my classmate. His helpful advice to me about how to approach today’s presentation was “Just think of your talk as introducing your author friends to your other friends.”
A further benefit for me in writing Letters to Men of Letters is that I got to show who I was and who I am. A longtime family friend who doesn’t usually read books like mine recently said, ‘Diane—I read your book and it sounds just like you.' I had been worried about what anyone not familiar with my particular Men of Letters would make of my letters to them. And now thanks to Ralph and Anne, I am finding out. This has been an unexpected gift.”
― Letters to Men of Letters
A further benefit for me in writing Letters to Men of Letters is that I got to show who I was and who I am. A longtime family friend who doesn’t usually read books like mine recently said, ‘Diane—I read your book and it sounds just like you.' I had been worried about what anyone not familiar with my particular Men of Letters would make of my letters to them. And now thanks to Ralph and Anne, I am finding out. This has been an unexpected gift.”
― Letters to Men of Letters
