Steve Paul
@sbpaul.bsky.social
Career journalist now writing literary biography. Transplanted New Englander in the deep Midwest. Book hound, jazz hound, music lover, traveler, food-wine explorer, poem-flinger, social introvert more or less. President, Biographers International Org.
The @kcsymphony.bsky.social marshals all the forces plus two choirs for Mahler's huge 3rd Symph tonight. Buckling up.
May 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The @kcsymphony.bsky.social marshals all the forces plus two choirs for Mahler's huge 3rd Symph tonight. Buckling up.
Three book-related events in NY this week--Gillian Flynn launches an imprint, "Ulysses" on trial, @ronaldchernow.bsky.social on Mark Twain.
May 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Three book-related events in NY this week--Gillian Flynn launches an imprint, "Ulysses" on trial, @ronaldchernow.bsky.social on Mark Twain.
The pregame view from Crafts and Drafts at the @royals.com ball yard.
March 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The pregame view from Crafts and Drafts at the @royals.com ball yard.
Our man @virgilkinsley.bsky.social playing Dylan tunes at Saturn Room in shadow of Tulsa Theater, where we'll see Bobby himself tonight. @definitelydylan.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Our man @virgilkinsley.bsky.social playing Dylan tunes at Saturn Room in shadow of Tulsa Theater, where we'll see Bobby himself tonight. @definitelydylan.bsky.social
Enlightening: Anna Cannoni on her grandfather Woody Guthrie's intersections with Pete and Bob at @folk-alliance.bsky.social gathering in Montreal. Stunning home movies. Her mother, Nora, then 11, was watching American Bandstand and couldn't be bothered when Dylan first came to the door. #bobdylan
February 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Enlightening: Anna Cannoni on her grandfather Woody Guthrie's intersections with Pete and Bob at @folk-alliance.bsky.social gathering in Montreal. Stunning home movies. Her mother, Nora, then 11, was watching American Bandstand and couldn't be bothered when Dylan first came to the door. #bobdylan
Was a joy to catch the fabulous Alison Russell, fresh off her run as Persephone in "Hadestown" (saw that in Dec.), as keynote speaker at @folk-alliance.bsky.social conf in Montreal. Big heart, awesome survival story (in her native city), captured in her newest record, "The Returner." Carry on.
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Was a joy to catch the fabulous Alison Russell, fresh off her run as Persephone in "Hadestown" (saw that in Dec.), as keynote speaker at @folk-alliance.bsky.social conf in Montreal. Big heart, awesome survival story (in her native city), captured in her newest record, "The Returner." Carry on.
Well howdy, Leonard Cohen. Crescent St., Montreal. The Folk show is just getting started. @folk-alliance.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Well howdy, Leonard Cohen. Crescent St., Montreal. The Folk show is just getting started. @folk-alliance.bsky.social
I don't know if this is still good, but feels kind of Kansas City special for the evening activities. What do you think, Boulevard Brewing, and why aren't you on the Bluesky? #beer
February 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I don't know if this is still good, but feels kind of Kansas City special for the evening activities. What do you think, Boulevard Brewing, and why aren't you on the Bluesky? #beer
Big band on stage for Shostakovich 10 -- @kcsymphony.bsky.social
February 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Big band on stage for Shostakovich 10 -- @kcsymphony.bsky.social
Working on or interested in the field of Black biography and researching history? We have a conference for you--coming soon. More details and registration info here: biographersinternational.org/montgomery-b... @biographersintl.bsky.social @aleliabundles.bsky.social @davidgreenberg.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Working on or interested in the field of Black biography and researching history? We have a conference for you--coming soon. More details and registration info here: biographersinternational.org/montgomery-b... @biographersintl.bsky.social @aleliabundles.bsky.social @davidgreenberg.bsky.social
On William Stafford's 111th b'day (1/17), I've just finished another chapter of my bio of the poet and pacifist. Stay tuned for more news soon. Only 4 chapters left to go. This portrait, c. 1969, via his vast archives in Ore. #WilliamStafford #poetry #books #biography @biographersintl.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On William Stafford's 111th b'day (1/17), I've just finished another chapter of my bio of the poet and pacifist. Stay tuned for more news soon. Only 4 chapters left to go. This portrait, c. 1969, via his vast archives in Ore. #WilliamStafford #poetry #books #biography @biographersintl.bsky.social
Don't know why, but listening now to this 40-year-old Hal Willner winner. Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Charlie Haden, and more. "Lost in the Stars."
December 25, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Don't know why, but listening now to this 40-year-old Hal Willner winner. Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed, Tom Waits, Charlie Haden, and more. "Lost in the Stars."
They're pouring Bob's whiskeys at tonight's Tulsa screening of The Movie. @bobdylancenter.bsky.social @definitelydylan.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 12:33 AM
They're pouring Bob's whiskeys at tonight's Tulsa screening of The Movie. @bobdylancenter.bsky.social @definitelydylan.bsky.social
Quite a sight in night sky.
December 16, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Quite a sight in night sky.
Despite the @nytimes.com art critic's jaded dismissal, I'm up-thumbing the simulacrum exhibit of Luna Luna, at The Shed in NY, as an absorbing record of wild art times. Most visitors would come away having learned something meaningful about the likes of Haring, Basquiat and more.
December 12, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Despite the @nytimes.com art critic's jaded dismissal, I'm up-thumbing the simulacrum exhibit of Luna Luna, at The Shed in NY, as an absorbing record of wild art times. Most visitors would come away having learned something meaningful about the likes of Haring, Basquiat and more.
My friend Donna Seaman's new book, 'River of Books,' about her lifetime in reading and the lifelines she always finds there, has a nice shoutout to the work of biography. @biographersintl.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
My friend Donna Seaman's new book, 'River of Books,' about her lifetime in reading and the lifelines she always finds there, has a nice shoutout to the work of biography. @biographersintl.bsky.social
Planting a moment here. Just a small thing, documenting recent travels. Neskowin, Oregon.
November 16, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Planting a moment here. Just a small thing, documenting recent travels. Neskowin, Oregon.