Robert Stone

Rethinking Hemingway 50 years after his death

2011-07-02 00:00:00

Boozy, boorish and self-besotted, the world-famous writer in Woody Allen's current hit film, "Midnight in Paris," is kind of a clown. And, as played by actor Corey Stoll, he's an instantly recognizable replica of the author of "The Sun Also Rises" and...

Book review: 'The Hair of Harold Roux' by Thomas Williams

2011-06-19 00:00:00

The Hair of Harold Roux A Novel Thomas Williams Introduction by Andre Dubus III, afterword by Ann Joslin Williams Bloomsbury: 384 pp., $15 paper Thomas Williams' novel "The Hair of Harold Roux" occupies a peculiar limbo of the lost: Published in...

Culture(d)—October 2011

2011-10-28 16:37:10

National Book Awards announce 2011's 5 under 35

2011-10-04 21:35:01

The Reading Life: The vagaries of awards

2011-06-17 16:35:01

Books by dudes for dudes, books by chicks for dudes

2011-05-30 16:34:47

Summer reading: Fiction, poetry

2011-05-22 00:00:00

Busy Monsters William Giraldi W.W. Norton: $24.95 When a mediocre writer's bride-to-be leaves him to search for a legendary giant squid, he treks across the continent seeking counsel from nefarious creatures on how to win back her affections. (August)...

Palm Springs: Was Police Department's gay sex sting unfair profiling?

2011-01-12 16:34:03

'Fun With Problems: Stories' by Robert Stone

2010-01-10 00:00:00

Fun With Problems Stories Robert Stone Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 196 pp., $24 The last decade or so has been challenging for Robert Stone. In the wake of his 1998 novel, "Damascus Gate" -- a millennial masterpiece set in Jerusalem -- he published two...

Janet Fitch's 10 rules for writers

2010-07-13 16:34:45

'The Last Ember' by Daniel Levin

2009-08-22 00:00:00

An endearing aspect of "The Da Vinci Code" phenomenon has been the creation of a new kind of action man. The boffin-as-hero, exemplified by Robert Langdon, marks a change from the traditional male adventurers of page and screen: the gun-toting muscleman,...

Monday's Highlights: 'Earth Days' on 'American Experience' on PBS

2010-04-18 21:35:28

Rosa Muerta is architect Robert Stone s new kind of desert-modern architecture.

2009-04-01 11:41:55

Rosa Muerta, Stone says, "offers you a chance to re-frame and re-create your own world if only for a weekend." The minimalist structure has four rooms: a spacious outdoor living room with spa, fire pit and barbecue; a bedroom; a bathroom; and a small kitchen

2009-03-31 11:37:29

Architect and former punk rocker and studio artist Robert Stone stands in the outdoor living room of his one-bedroom desert dwelling, Rosa Muerta, on the outskirts of Joshua Tree. The low-slung black pavilion's living room is appointed with a large spa, fire pit and free-standing barbecue.

2009-03-19 00:00:00