Donald Liebenson

3 weeks ago | saturdayeveningpost.com | Donald Liebenson

For readers of a certain age, the name Desi Arnaz probably conjures up an immediate association: his iconic role as Ricky Ricardo, the long-flustered husband of Lucy in I Love Lucy,But Arnaz’s story does not begin and end with Lucy. His extraordinary journey from Cuban refugee to self-made showman, movie star, TV trailblazer, and ultimately, entrepreneur and visionary could fill a book.

1 month ago | bakersfield.com | Donald Liebenson

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1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Donald Liebenson

Dave Barry looks back at growing up without growing up (washingtonpost.com) Dave Barry looks back at growing up without growing up By Donald Liebenson 2025051114000000 It took me a while to count the works listed under "Also by Dave Barry" in the front of "Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up." It would appear that Barry has written or co-written 29 works of nonfiction and 16 of fiction.

2 months ago | indiewire.com | Donald Liebenson

There is, for devotees of a specific type of movie arcana, a glorious moment in Jason Statham’s new movie, “A Working Man.” About midway through, his character, searching for a trafficked young woman, poses as a drug dealer looking to score a connection with a local kingpin holding court in the backroom of a biker bar. The kingpin suspects he’s a cop, but after Jason handily dispatches his goons, the kingpin, regarding his fists, says, “Look at those bricks.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Donald Liebenson

What Is Kafkaesque?: The Philosophy of Franz KafkaIt’s difficult to imagine that there was ever a time without the word “Kafkaesque.” Yet the term would have meant nothing at all to anyone alive at …