tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post4042287625415510524..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: A FINE ROMANCELallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-88308635480762197452010-03-28T10:21:27.128-04:002010-03-28T10:21:27.128-04:00I imagine there's a fair amount about Lorenz H...I imagine there's a fair amount about Lorenz Hart, a favorite of mine.<br /><br />His tragedy was the contrast between his witty and sophisticated lyrics, often about love and romance, and the reality of his life. It's hard to make sense of the demon's that torment another person, but maybe he felt he didn't fit into the world he created in song.<br /><br />[Writing this prompted me to play Dinah Washington singing Hart's <i>Manhattan</i>. Wow!]Butch in Waukegannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-76461290039835647892010-03-28T02:10:54.752-04:002010-03-28T02:10:54.752-04:00A terrific review here, Michael and as I read thro...A terrific review here, Michael and as I read through it I thought to myself this is fine writing, with no sign of the oddities of brain surgery, not that there were many signs from when I first started to read your posts, other than those you yourself described and most often corrected.<br /><br />It's interesting that you preferred the non-fiction of Lehman's book to the clearly fictional, the business of imagining conversations with the dead. It takes a real skill I think to bring certain genres together.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.com