Anthony and Kate
Kate Field 
Just a few things I learned in the last 4 days of this new year.
First about the dreamers and the romantics.
1 Anthony Trollope had a horrid childhood.
Trollope worked at post office but unlike Faulkner who neglected his job and lost letters, Trollope was creative and devised a traveling post so he could write novels on the train.
2 Aging Trollope had a crush on young American Feminist Kate Field. (Kate Field looked a bit like Nancy Pelosi.)
Though platonic Trollope wanted the world to know how he felt about her in his autobiography that was published after his death.
(His devoted and exemplary wife was wise and understanding.)
Jan 5 2007 
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3 David Markson’s new Novel is coming out soon.
4 Cate Blanchett worships Liv Ullman and Swedish films.
(Charlie Rose interview)
5 Mary Boone (80’s - 90’s powerful art dealer) was Alan
Sondheim’s student, you can read the juicy detail in the link from his blog.
6. Thou shalt not kill - is a sensible commandment we humans are not capable of obeying. Tyrant becomes a martyr and a football/prez becomes a saint in the media orchestrated killing field.