{"id":1851,"date":"2013-10-31T12:20:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2016-10-04T10:09:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T15:09:50","slug":"the-other-side-of-the-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/the-other-side-of-the-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Other Side of the Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Rodrigue\u2019s book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendyrodrigue.com\/2013\/09\/a-new-rodrigue-book.html\"><em>The Other Side of the Painting<\/em><\/a>, derives from her popular blog,\u00a0<a href=\"www.wendyrodrigue.com\"><em>Musings of an Artist\u2019s Wife<\/em><\/a>. \u201cShe\u2019s the other side of my hit record,\u201d joked Wendy\u2019s husband, artist George Rodrigue, the impetus for the original online project, as it began in 2009. In the book, Wendy reveals for the first time in print the personal history behind Rodrigue\u2019s art.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-newbook.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1691 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-newbook-257x300.png\" alt=\"blog-newbook\" width=\"257\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-newbook-257x300.png 257w, https:\/\/georgerodrigue.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/blog-newbook.png 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/a><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulpress.org\/catalog.php?item=141\" target=\"_blank\">Available \u00a0through University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Other-Side-Painting-Wendy-Rodrigue\/dp\/1935754262\/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387776559&amp;sr=8-13&amp;keywords=george+rodrigue\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>, \u00a0and through independent retailers nationwide. \u00a0$24.95<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wwno.org\/post\/reading-life-wendy-rodrigue-and-ann-patchett\">The Reading Life With Wendy Rodrigue<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wendy Rodrigue talks about her life with artist George Rodrigue in an interview about her book,\u00a0<em>The Other Side of the Painting<\/em>, recorded in 2013. <a href=\"http:\/\/wwno.org\/post\/reading-life-wendy-rodrigue-and-ann-patchett\">LISTEN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #ff0000; line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Read what others are saying about <em>The Other Side of the Painting<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidenorthside.com\/book-report-side-painting-wendy-rodrigue\/\">Book Report: The Other Side of Painting by Wendy Rodrigue<\/a><br \/>\nBy Stephen Faure, Inside\/Northside,\u00a0Nov\/Dec 2013<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.countryroadsmagazine.com\/news-noteworthies\/news-noteworthies\/the-other-side-of-the-blue-dog\" target=\"_blank\">The Other Side of the Blue Dog<br \/>\n<\/a><\/em>By Lucie Monk, Country Roads Magazine, November 2013.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theadvertiser.com\/article\/20131012\/LIFESTYLE\/310120021\/Book-News-Wendy-Rodrigue-s-new-book-impossible-put-down?nclick_check=1\" target=\"_blank\">Book News: Wendy Rodrigue&#8217;s new book impossible to put down<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nBy\u00a0Chere Coen, Louisiana Book News, The Advertiser, October 12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wendy Rodrigue\u2019s book,\u00a0The Other Side of the Painting, derives from her popular blog,\u00a0Musings of an Artist\u2019s Wife. \u201cShe\u2019s the other side of my hit record,\u201d joked Wendy\u2019s husband, artist George Rodrigue, the impetus for the original online project, as it began in 2009. 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