Mary Heilmann’s Abstract Joy Ride
By Janet Goleas
Looking over the past four decades of painting in the United States, it’s no surprise that Mary Heilmann is today widely considered one of the most important artists of her generation. Hers is a uniquely American focus, a kaleidoscope that refracts visual-culture references stretching from the Renaissance to Pop to punk rock.

Jenny Lumet: Listening Carefully
Writing ‘moments of total exhilaration’ for the screen
By Timothy Small
It took 13 years for Jenny Lumet to get a movie made. “Rachel’s Getting Married,” which was released in October and is now in theaters, was her fifth script. “I don’t think the other ones sucked completely, but I think there was a large element of ‘suckiness’ to them,” she said.

LONG ISLAND BOOKS
The Waiting Game
“Attachment”
Isabel Fonseca
Review by Evan Harris
Isabel Fonseca’s novel “Attachment,” out now from Alfred A. Knopf, absolutely hits the ground running. By page 10, the protagonist of the book, 45-year-old Jean Hubbard, has discovered a rampant, explicitly sexual letter to her husband, Mark. The letter directs Mark to an e-mail account (that would be Naughtyboy1@hotmail.com) with an attachment intended as a gateway to pornographic peeks created by his correspondent.

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