Reading Notes
At law school I began the practice of copying into notebooks passages from my reading. Fifty-five years later, I continue to do the same. The notebooks
At law school I began the practice of copying into notebooks passages from my reading. Fifty-five years later, I continue to do the same. The notebooks
I was born in Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital on 106th Street across from Central Park and not, as I sometimes claim, found under a
Puccini’s operas are intimate and deeply emotional. At college I drove my roommates crazy by playing a recording of “La Boheme” over and over again.
March Madness, also called the Big Dance, has made its annual arrival in the United States. For several weeks in March, extending into April, the
The New York City subway system is huge, with 714 miles of track along 244 miles of routes, and 475 stations. It serves a city
Having arranged three sessions on the short stories of Chekhov at the New York Society Library, conducted by a Chekhov scholar, I am making use
The Russian essayist, Joseph Brodsky, wrote of Peter the Great and St. Petersburg, the city he founded : “Carpenter and navigator, this ruler used only
I believe I share an important experience with many of you. Though, like you, living far from England, and proud of my place of birth
I recently spent eleven days in Venice. New York and Venice, both island cities. New Yorkers may not think themselves an island people, but only
(In my column last month, I wrote of New York’s wealth and pleasures: Fifth Avenue, Central Park, art and architectural treasures, block after block of
No more dark tunnels for me. Fifty years of morning rush hours on crowded subways have come to an end. Now retired as a lawyer,
Let me introduce myself. I am a lawyer and writer in New York City. For his new magazine, the Editor Mr. K.K. Mishra has kindly