News and Notices from the Writing Trenches #156…

Isaacson’s Leonardo Da Vinci. Whether you’re like me trying to wash out memories of Brown’s The Da Vinci Code or you’re an art lover interested in the man, Isaacson’s book is a fascinating read. I’ll write a review of it sometime soon. Isaacson’s previous biographies should be enough for you to expect great things, but he far surpassed what I expected. You have here a great story about Da Vinci—the man, his art, and his science, a fellow far ahead of his time. We can forget about The Da Vinci...