Yesterday, after seeing a piece on BBC News lamenting the decline in the social art of letter writing, Ivi and I visited a site mentioned in the piece, Letters of Note. Great stuff; a collection, so far, of over 900 remarkable letters.
Day: August 26, 2013
Elmore Leonard, R.I.P.
In honor of the passing of Elmore Leonard last week, we watched “Jackie Brown” last night, the only Leonard-associated film we could readily identify for Netflix streaming. Pretty entertaining; would have to be one of the best blaxploitation films of that era, IMHO. Probably one of Quentin Tarantino’s more subdued efforts.
Equally as entertaining was Elmore’s 2009 conversation with Charlie Rose, snippets of which aired on PBS last Friday night. The transcript of the complete interview — featuring Leonard’s interesting tips for good writing — may be found at the Elmore Leonard website.