By GarLaSalle|2019-12-29T13:21:13-08:00December 21st, 2019|
This is the first blog describing the sculptures that are installed at LaSalle Reserve.
Two years ago I decided to re-design my garden on Maury Island, Washington where my wife, Barbara and I have converted what had previously been a family home into a “venue.” The project is complete now, and is suitable for corporate retreats, […]
By GarLaSalle|2020-09-11T03:48:07-07:00October 7th, 2019|
The business of screenwriting is messy. What goes into the final script, who gets credit, and who gets paid almost always become contentious issues – the subject of lore and lawsuits.
When I was at CalArts, my mentor Alexander MacKendrick told me the story about how the famed writer, Ben Hecht was […]
By GarLaSalle|2019-10-07T09:46:20-07:00June 10th, 2019|
Solipsis Publishing is pleased to announce that the Italian translations in PAPERBACK and Kindle for Widow Walk, Isthmus, and The Fairness of Beasts – titled:
– L’Approdo
Isthmus
La Clemenza delle Bestie
are now available on Amazon.com and Amazon.It.
Translated by the talented team of Francesca Cosi and Alessandra Repossi, these editions would be a great resource if you […]
By GarLaSalle|2018-10-27T09:20:37-07:00October 21st, 2018|
Scroll down to see the first of eight “pre-pitch” teasers that we will use to bring Widow Walk to life in a different medium. the plight of one strong woman pioneer and her family and first nation peoples caught in a growing clash of cultures.
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By GarLaSalle|2018-02-05T15:00:58-08:00January 29th, 2018|
In this Artist’s Chat, I am excited to talk with Shannon Polson, someone who is not only a fantastic writer, but an inspiring individual who teaches us all what is possible when we commit ourselves to pushing our own limits and cultivating excellence. Shannon is both a best-selling author and one of the first […]
By GarLaSalle|2018-01-17T10:42:23-08:00January 17th, 2018|
On a recent hunting journey, I had the good fortune of being able to take a rifle shot at a magnificent elk from 1,000 yards. It was a moment where everything came together like the gears of an invisible clock — all the planning, the thinking, the training, and the movements. It was indeed an epic hunt […]
By GarLaSalle|2017-12-22T12:35:04-08:00December 22nd, 2017|
As Christmas approached after my fourth birthday, my grandpa Alphonso told me with great pride that he and Santa Claus (a.k.a. St. Nicolas) were from the same town – Bari, Italy. Grandpa knew I adored Santa. I guess it was obvious to him and everyone else because, beginning the day after Halloween, my other favorite […]
By GarLaSalle|2017-12-04T22:20:21-08:00December 4th, 2017|
I am very pleased to announce that E. Lily Yu is the recipient of the 2017 Gar LaSalle Artist Trust StoryTeller Award. Lily’s lyrical, poetic, delightful prose lilts with fresh metaphors, framed within an atypical context. Her primary submission sample, The View From the Top of the Stair, has been published in Hazlitt. More […]
By GarLaSalle|2017-12-04T11:41:27-08:00December 4th, 2017|
As a small child growing up in Seattle’s Rainier Valley “Garlic Gulch” – so named then because that’s where the Italians lived – I had the great privilege to listen to my father who could keep an encircled crowd captivated with gentle, humorous, animated, sometimes extended tales that invariably entailed something that would resonate […]
By GarLaSalle|2017-11-11T12:27:18-08:00November 11th, 2017|
A few weeks ago I had the honor of delivering the 7th Annual James McClellan “Humanities in Medicine” lecture at Whitman College to an audience composed of physicians, academicians and students. Research for the topic, “In Search of the ‘Good Doctor'” allowed me to explore and in many cases, re-acquaint myself with a wide […]
