In this, the third volume of his ongoing cultural memoir, Douglas Messerli explores figures and issues of 2006—the films of Robert Altman and Jean Renoir; The Queen ; the writing of Guest, Hauser, Sorrentino, and others; Southern myths—centered on the topic of “serving.”
Douglas Messerli (born May 30, 1947) is an American writer, professor, and publisher based in Los Angeles, California. In 1976, he started Sun & Moon, a magazine of art and literature, which became Sun & Moon press, and later Green Integer press. He has taught at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.