April in Autonomia

More New Features, Robert Redford and Baseball’s Back

April in Autonomia will introduce a new, revolving series about another favorite movie star, Thursday with Robert Redford. April’s theme is baseball.

Do you know that Redford attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship and that he debuted on stage as a baseball player? Look for an all-new review of Robert Redford in his element in Barry Levinson’s baseball-themed epic The Natural (1984), which I recently watched with a friend who’s my former writing boot camp student. I plan to review a television documentary on Jackie Robinson (who was mentioned in last month’s article on Sidney Poitier). This week, in time for opening day, you can also read my review of the only major biography of the Pittsburgh Pirates’ legendary number 21, Roberto Clemente (Clemente by David Maraniss).

I’m enjoying writing for Autonomia. It’s a lot of work, so I’m doubling (in some cases, tripling) my productiveness. For example, I’m writing about books I read—and movies I watch—for various researc…