He was always at work for six and seven hours every day of the week and could not be disturbed, and when he was not writing, he was reading works of abstruse literature and history and doing research.” When Renek died at the age of 88 in 2013, his New York Times described him as...
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In his “Notes” essay, White suggests that he found something authentic in The World’s sensational style, and praised it for going after stories that more staid publications, like The New York Times, tended to ignore or downplay. The World’s staff of writers came from the rough and tum...
“The Booker Prize is the biggest fiction award in the UK and Ireland. Paul Lynch won the £50,000 prize in 2023 forProphet Song,a darkly prophetic novel set in a near-future Ireland that theNew York Timesdescribed as ‘an unsettling dystopian parable.’ In it, a biologist and mother ...
New York MayorJimmy Walkerwas well-known for his taste in clothes (as well as for the nightlife), soE.B. White(writing in “The Talk of the Town”) decided to pay a visit to the mayor’s personal tailor to see how the “royal garments” were created. Excerpts: ...
Our recent week in New York City was an action packed one. We decided to set ourselves a challenge to see and do as much as we possibly could, and that gave way to this video guide, photo essay and travel guide which highlights 50 of the top attractions. In a city like New York th...
I begin with this excerpt from O’Brien’s essay “’Next Year’s Words’: T. S. Eliot’s ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’,” because the lyrics ofMetropolestrike me as his best, and this achievement could be said to be the result of his “taking control of [his] respiration,...
“Queen of the Nightclubs”Texas Guinan—more than 10,000 showed up for her funeral in November; also that monthThomas G.W. SettleandC.L Fordneyascended to the stratosphere in theCentury of Progressballoon;The New York Times(April 12, 1933) published the full text ofGeorge Bernard Shaw’...
Katrinka Suydam’swedding as reported in the June 12, 1930 issue ofTheNew York Times. * * * Skirt Stakes In 1930 hemlines plummeted along with the stock market.E.B. White,in “Notes,” welcomed the return of “mystery” to women’s fashions: ...
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