20 February 2012
The book is about painters, none of whom are really masters (though some, like Rembrandt and Raphaelle Peale, were named for masters), and all of whom are trying desperately to master the art of life. Poor things.
17 February 2012 | Hidden City Daily
The Governor’s antipathy toward the city goes back three centuries and has successfully divided us against ourselves
8 February 2012
The process so far has proven enormously useful in helping me to conceptualize the novel and talk about it coherently.
7 February 2012
“But it might also be that while you were riding along like that, you heard or saw something beautiful, gay, or sad, something you will never forget.”
6 February 2012
The year 1818, economy crashing, American art up for grabs…Peale’s museum is failing…to make up for the lost income he attempts to turn his farm Belfield into a cotton mill…an act with tragic consequences…