http://rodesfishburne.com Writer Rodes Fishburne's books, essays, articles, and writing projects Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Canadian historian Michael Marrus gives a first-rate lecture about great trials. His first choice? Oscar Wilde's great trial for "gross indecency" in 1895. As the trial goes on we see Oscar make several major strategic mistakes, dazzle the court-room with his articulate defense of the love "that dare not speak its ... http://rodesfishburne.com/2010/02/23/great-drama-oscar-wilder-on-trial/ Here's an synthesis of interesting articles about publishing and writing from the last couple of weeks... Our friends at IPTIAM take a look at the economics behind the iPad and Apple's forthcoming electronic bookstore. Which brings up the question "If a book sells for $14.99 on Ipad, how much does an author ... http://rodesfishburne.com/2010/02/22/links-for-writers/ http://rodesfishburne.com/2010/01/12/greatest-story-ever-told-pretty-much-yes/ Ever wonder what kind of secret memos the President of the U.S. gets to read? What do his advisors tell him the future's going to look like? If anybody on the planet has access to a semi-operational crystal ball, it must be him, right? Here's a recently declassified report from the Chairman ... http://rodesfishburne.com/2009/12/08/secret-memo-for-us-president/ I'm delighted to be speaking at the Carmel Authors & Ideas Festival (September 25-27th), and in Deadwood, at the South Dakota Festival of Books on October 3rd. (I'll also be signing books at 4 p.m. on Friday and 12:30 p.m. on Saturday.) The official schedule is at http://www.sdbookfestival.com You can find information ... http://rodesfishburne.com/2009/09/10/rodes-speaking-in-carmel-ca-and-deadwood-south-dakota/