The life, celebrity and divisiveness of Austrian writer Stefan Zweig is debated by a bunch of literary types: New York Review Books classics editor Edwin Frank, authors Anka Muhsltein (Balzac's Omelette) and Katie Kitamura (Gone to the Forest), and Zweig biographer George Prochnik (the forthco...
That situation is particularly puzzling because there has been so much great scholarship on this period over the last two decades"—Paul Lay, Five Books interview, December 2019. Paul Lay, editor of History Today, recommended the best history books of 2020 for us (and the best history books ...
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Stanley Walker (1898–1962), a native Texan, longtime editor of the New York Herald Tribune, and a New Yorker contributor from 1925 to 1956, featured Mallon in a profile for the Jan. 26, 1935 issue. Some brief excerpts: TYPHOID FACTORY is how the Evening World described Mary Mallon ...
The local audience not only enjoyed masterpieces of Eastern and Western classics, but also had the opportunity to appreciate the joint performances by the Amber Quartet, one of China's most celebrated string quartets, and the artists from Christchurch, said Chinese Consul General in Christchurch He...
(Wikipedia/Wikitree/Ephemeral New York) White also noted a new craze that had originated around the same time as the birth of The New Yorker… TWO ACROSS…Max Schuster and Richard Simon of Simon & Schuster, with their first crossword book, 1924. (americanbusinesshistory.org) White ...
introduce readers to the principles and practice of Stoicism, updated on the basis of the author’s experience as a cognitive behavioural therapist”—Massimo Pigliucci, Professor of Philosophy at the City College of New York and practising Stoic, in his 2020 update on thebest books on Stoicism....
and collector. He has taught privately and is currently the Executive Producer and Director of Impromptu Classics, which has released four critically acclaimed CD recordings. In October 2013, Mr. Williams assumed the position of Editor of New York Concert Review, in addition to remaining active as...
No stranger to alternative Latin music and culture is Nacional Records CEO Tomas Cookman, who also runs theLatin Alternative Music Conference(LAMC) in New York City. Cookman has been championing Latin music in the U.S. since the ‘90s (including briefly through his own festiva...
Stanley Walker (1898–1962), a native Texan, longtime editor of the New York Herald Tribune, and a New Yorker contributor from 1925 to 1956, featured Mallon in a profile for the Jan. 26, 1935 issue. Some brief excerpts: TYPHOID FACTORY is how the Evening World described Mary Mallon ...