From an Op-Ed in The New York Times by author and Boston native Dennis Lehane: But I do love this city. I love its atrocious accent, its inferiority complex in terms of New York, its nut-job drivers, the insane logic of …
by e. e. cummings O sweet spontaneous earth how often have the doting fingers of prurient philosophers pinched and poked thee , has the naughty thumb of science prodded thy beauty . how often have religions taken thee upon their scraggy knees squeezing …
St. Patrick’s Day comes but once a year, but real aficionados of Irish music will tell you that good craic can be found all year long. (Why, we’re writing this from the Landmark Tavern, est. 1868, in New York City, …
A colleague recently sent out a plaintive missive, noting that he’d been severely chastised by his boss for all the typos in his emails. He was begging a close circle of friends to help him get better. This got me …
“Digital platforms are worthless without content. They’re shiny sacks with bells and whistles, but without content, they’re empty sacks. It is not about pixels versus print. It is not about how you’re reading. It is about what you’re reading.” –Maureen …
(A Small Case for Going Barefoot) Originally published in the Sun Times magazine, Jan/Feb 2013
In case you are wondering what that background is on our website (we’re talking to you, junior), The Wall Street Journal explains all.
Romeo and Juliet. Pelléas et Mélisande. A tale of star-crossed lovers and a rising star.
Need to escape the winter weather? How about a quick trip to the Caribbean–Mad Men-style. Take a step back in time and explore the first modern hotel in the U.S. Virgin Islands in this two-part series published in St. John’s …
One of the best ways to be a good writer? Read good writers. And we’re not just talking Shakespeare. Here’s crime writer Michael Wilson of The New York Times on the theft of an iPhone: This particular Apple was not just picked, …