by Glynn Wilson It is hard to believe Norman Mailer is dead. I just met him in September on a subway ride from Manhattan to Brooklyn, and I had planned on writing him a long letter after studying the Harper’s…
Norman Mailer Dies at 84
Author: Glynn Wilson
The Worst of Times, the Best of Times: August 2007 is History
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity. – Charles Dickens, A…
Escaping Shadows: The South as a Backdrop for Art
Photo by Glynn Wilson David Rae Morris in front of the Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi and the image of his father, the writer Willie Morris. The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial…
Exhibit Features Photographs of Willie Morris, Hurricane Katrina
Award-winning photographer David Rae Morris will present “Willie and Katrina” at the Southside Gallery in Oxford, Mississippi July 9 to Aug. 4. The first half of the exhibit, “Willie Morris in Oxford,” is a series of portraits he took of…
It’s A Black and Tan World
Not Black and White Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 10 – There is a famous story about editors at the New York Times I learned while working with the elite of the elite a few years…
Krystal Ball: It’s Thompson vs. Gore in ‘08
Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson As I woke up and smelled the coffee this morning and consulted the wires, the polls and Krystal Ball, it became obvious already what’s going to happen in the Presidential election of 2008. So…
Let Them Eat Cake Off My Ass
Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala., May 27 – If it is too hot to paint here on the verge of what promises to be a classic global warming summer of heat waves, droughts and forest fires, imagine…
‘The Tudors’ Exposes Monarchy as Corrupt
Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson The spring bird migration seems to be over now, the grosbeaks have moved on north and the mosquitoes have finally arrived, along with the dreaded need for air conditioning – a great invention that…
A Camera Over A Gun Any Day
A Meet Up With Bill Clinton Under the Microscope by Glynn Wilson It should be no secret that I would rather be photographing birds from a canoe than covering politics. Unfortunately, the state of American politics and the press is…
The Blues May Make a Climate Change Comeback
Connecting the Dots by Glynn Wilson TUSCALOOSA, Ala., April 14 – The streets of downtown Tuscaloosa were practically deserted late Saturday afternoon when we rolled into town for the Third Annual Crawfish and Blues Festival, a testament to two facts.…