http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/ en-us 2009-06-03T17:31:57-05:00 2009-06-03T17:32:03-05:00 "You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance."--Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, married June 3,... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_06.html Kelly 2009-06-03T17:31:57-05:00 "[Isaiah] Berlin's most influential work remains 'Two Concepts of Liberty', based on an address he gave at Oxford in 1958,... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-28T16:57:21-05:00 AP: Your books seem to be a commentary on what life has become in 21st century America. Is that the... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-26T13:32:19-05:00 "The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge."--Bertrand Russell, born May 18, 1872... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-18T14:31:38-05:00 I spoke with Netherland author Joseph O'Neill for the piece I linked to below on President Obama's choice of reading.... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-18T00:46:48-05:00 I had five articles in Friday's Washington Times. The big piece was a look at President Obama as literary critic,... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-18T00:30:49-05:00 "My husband shares certain essential qualities with my father, which, in its fatefulness, is quite depressing - as if I... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-17T21:58:26-05:00 "Any writer who wants to do his best against a deadline should stick to Coca-Cola. If he doesn't have a... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-14T18:37:08-05:00 "One day work is hard, and another day it is easy; but if I had waited for inspiration I am... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-13T12:02:55-05:00 (Photo credit: Claire Duggan, PEN/Faulkner Foundation) My report from the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction on Saturday night was in... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-12T22:38:41-05:00 Have any burning questions about the arts and entertainment world? Ask me during my live chat over at the Washington... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-08T00:04:21-05:00 I was booed last night at an author reading. The evening didn't start out too auspiciously. I had gone... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2009_05.html Kelly 2009-05-01T12:57:47-05:00 "There is nothing more difficult than talking about music."--Camille Saint-Saëns, born October 9, 1835... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2008_10.html Kelly 2008-10-09T21:33:13-05:00 "Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2008_09.html Kelly 2008-09-12T16:55:35-05:00 On the Beach at Night On the beach at night, Stands a child with her father, Watching the east, the... http://www.kellyjanetorrance.com/archives/2008_07.html Kelly 2008-07-26T23:08:57-05:00