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History and the Typewriter
Posted on May 1, 2013 | 2 CommentsThis photograph was taken outside our apartment in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, around the corner from Barbra Streisand’s high school, and next door to a gas station (a fact that inspired the book reports I wrote about ecology and... -
The Shoes
Posted on January 1, 2013 | 1 CommentMoments after the memorial they stepped out into less complicated air. It was warm for an early winter day; the atmosphere was grey and humid and still, despite the traffic sounds, and the people movement beyond. Clutching his friend’s hands,... -
What It Felt Like To Grow Up In New York Before There Was Any Money
Posted on December 7, 2012 | 1 Comment -
The Au Pair as Movie Star and The Movie Star as Art Student. NYC. 11.8.12 and 11.13.12
Posted on November 14, 2012 | No Comments -
Debutantes: On Frank Moore
Posted on November 8, 2012 | 2 CommentsThese remarks were delivered at New York University on November 7, 2012, about the artist Frank Moore, who painted the author and himself as imagined children in his 1992 painting, “Debutantes.” I am very grateful to Lynn Gumpert at the... -
At the Public
Posted on October 8, 2012 | No CommentsLike jazz musicians, theatre people tend to live at night. So, it was especially touching to find so many great actors, directors, writers, and producers up and at ‘em by 10 a.m. yesterday morning to celebrate and honor the completion...
