I discover I’m mentioned in Adam Gopnik’s latest memoir, At the Stranger’s Gate, when he describes going to meet photographer Richard Avedon for the first time. Apparently I was there:
“….His name comes back to me as two oddly matched monosyllables, like a title: Pope Brock…”
Well, his name comes back to me as four syllables that sound better read backwards: Kinpog Mada.
Song of the Day: “Everybody Needs a Little Monkey Business,” C.J. Chenier and his Red Hot Louisiana Band:
