I released this one back into the wild. It reminded me of being at a party talking to a drunk famous person—you really want to excuse yourself, but at the same time you don't want to miss anything good. Rodman has a bit in his introduction where he talks about how writers have gotten forums to talk about their work since the Second World War, but artists as yet haven't... well, I came of age at a time when artists had plenty of opportunity to discuss their craft and motivations, so maybe I'm not the intended audience here.

But most of them came off as slightly self-involved, heavy on the theory and not enough (let's be honest) on the gossip. I did like the snark between Philip Johnson and Frank Lloyd Wright (Johnson said that his main reaction to Fallingwater was having to pee). And I loved learning about Sister Mary Corita Kent, the Op Art nun. If this hadn't been a library book I'd probably have kept it around and dipped in now and again. Perhaps the book and I will cross paths again someday. ( )