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Inspiration starts with a snapshot image and a question. For example, before writing my novel The Virgin Knows I saw a shortish, handsome man in a tweed jacket holding his hand on the small of the back of gorgeous tall, red-haired woman wearing a fur collared coat. Together they strolled down Hanover Street in the North End of Boston, passing men who were sitting in cafes, who eyed them with suspicion and admiration. Who was this couple? Where were they going? Did they love each other? What did the men in cafes think about them?

New York City: March 2009

Writer Christine Palamidessi Moore experienced NYC as a dragon--belly Times Square, head bombed and blinded. Lunch at B. Smith's with her 90-year old mother-in-law.

THE VIRGIN KNOWS reviewed

Library Thing review of art theft, transatlantic, sibling rivalry thriller The Virgin KNows

Michael Powell Film Festival: Falling into the Widening Gyre

Michael Powell film's reviewed within the visual and psychological phenomena of a vortex.

My Brother is an Only Child:AMERICANS DON’T MAKE FILMS LIKE THIS

Unlike American films that uphold privilege, MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD explores politics, conflicts and terrorism within a Italian family and within the country itself.

Buddhist Self-Help: Going to Pieces without Falling Apart

Self-help genre: books now cite Buddhist beliefs.

Ugetsu: a Yin Yang Film

Review of celebrated Japanese film Ugetsu from yin /yang point of view.

Would You Recognize the Violinist in Your Metro??

what happened when acclaimed classical violinist Joshua Bell went incognito one cold winter morning to play for tips on a subway platform in Washington, D.C.

The Fiddle Case by Christine Palamidessi Moore

Preview review by MARIE SACCOMANDO COPPOLA, for Christine Palamidessi Moore's new book The Fiddle Case.

Love Story Jeans? How About Snow on the Love Story House

Love Story jeans named after a 70's movie; picture of the Love Story house.

Love Story Jeans? Here’s the Love Story House

2009 snow scene of the 1970 hit movie Love Story film location which starred Ali McGraw and Ryan O'Neill.

New York’s West Village

What's changed, what's stayed the same in a corner of the West Village.

The Czech Republic Is the Star of this Film

Review of epic Czech film: female represents the state.

Woodstock Update: Tinkering on Tinker

Palamidessi Moore writes about how things are the same and different in Woodstock.

Levon Helm: Bending Time on the Road to Woodstock

Watching Levon Helm's--and our own--aging, appreciating music, loving husband, friends & music.

Amelia Earhart, Hillary Swank & Wild Dreams (10/23/08)

Little known facts about Amelia Earhart in Medford Massachusetts.

Peter Simon’s I and Eye & Squirrel Hill (from 10/15/08)

Photographer Peter Simon’s I and Eye is a terrific memoir of hippie time and ideals as they intersect with power, money, marketing and the infrastructure of capitalist gain. In particular, the last chapter calls it home: he compares freewheeling picture... Continue Reading →

MODIGLIANI SAID SAVE YOUR MONEY (from 10/8/08)

Nobel prize winner gave sensible advice about money.

PIER PAOLO PASOLINI FILM: Teorema (from 10/7/08)

Teorema, the only commercial film Pasolini made, exhibits "British-ness" in its style and stars and Italian sexuality.

Badal Roy Was in Cambridge ( from 9/29/08)

WE SAW HIM ON SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 27 Badal Roy & Tablas HE PLAYED SEVENTEEN ON THE TABLAS 1-2-3-4   / 1-2-3-4   / 1-2   /1-2-3-4   /1-2-3 THE MUSIC WAS WAS AMAZING!!!!! Roy performed with Keyboard player Dave Bryant and Bassist Mike... Continue Reading →

A New Brand of Sassoon (from 9/26/08)

“A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.”--Gore Vidal A while back, Gore Vidal appeared on the Ali G show. Topics moved from Moses to U.S. Constitution, and then to hair products. “You are the Vidal, aren’t you?” It... Continue Reading →

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