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Renovations are the sign of a new birth. Sometimes they give birth to unexpected things. In 2009, Todd Bol of Wisconsin was renovating his garage when he ripped off the door and paused before discarding because he truly liked the wood. He decided to build a small...
All For Nothing – Walter Kempowski TLC Review
By Marilyn Macron There is a mass exodus of refugees fleeing in below-zero weather; ultimately, 300,000 will perish. In their path is Georgenhof manor, where the well-to-do von Globig family goes about its days insulated not only from the cold...
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Abendempfindung an Laura, Song for Voice and Piano, K. 523
Mozart’s Lieder with piano was composed on June 24th, 1787, less than a month after his father Leopold’s death on May 28th. The text of this melancholy poem is thought to have been written by Joachim Heinrich Campe. In this quatrain, which is a form of poem set in...
Mind Field – With Milo Heenan
MIND FIELD by Milo Heenan Mind Field tests your Literary IQ. This issue, we will concentrate on how well you know your Fiction writers. A score of 30 proves you have an excellent grasp of literature; score of 29-20, pretty good and you can keep your head up; 19-11,...
The Literature of Terror Vol. 1
Fascinating for criticism and analysis of the seminal yet more obscure horror/gothic stories, like Melmoth The Wanderer, The Monk and others. It's a print on demand book, so don't expect to find it cheap even if it's a used paperback. Still...
Daniel Handler takes on The Myth of Sisyphus
What is happiness? Does it exist? Is there any meaning to why we are here? These are some of the answers the characters in Daniel Handler’s new book, We Are Pirates, seem to be seeking. Gwen is an overly bright and bored 14 year old with...
Steinway Hall Sold
It was with great sorrow that I learned that Steinway Hall on West 57th Street has been sold. The building, graced with paintings of famed composers, has been host to many musicians, famed and not, over the years. Lush and ornate, it was like...
Juliette Macron plays Turina’s Sacro Monte at Washington Square Park 2013
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Rising Russian Poets with Key American Poets
From left - Tina Chang, Heather Christle, David Lehman, Matthew Yeager, Alla Gorbunova, Dina Gatina, Lev Oborin Causia Artium and The Debut Prize Foundation sponsored a lively and energetic poetry reading last night at the Mid-Manhattan...
The Vinyl Experience – A Review of Five Hundred 45s
Many mourn the day the compact disc was born. Some because of the quality of the music as opposed to it on vinyl (Neil Young, for one), some because of the shrinking of what used to be great cover art. Bands had frequently spent much time...
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The Literary Chick Interview – Lily Morris
The purpose of art is limitless and different for everyone. It’s a receipt of your life force, a map, a fantasy world, a mirror... so many things. If you’re asking what the purpose is for me, right now? In This 4am online chat with my brilliant friend Michael Corvo,...
The Literary Chick Interview – Dave Barbarossa
== I have a kindle. Just finished reading ‘High Rollers’ by Jack Bowman. I think I’ll take the ferry after reading that. == erm...‘The Human Stain’ by Phillip Roth. == Escape. To be transported. I am drawn to scores of great authors. I loved John Updike and Dickens,...
The Literary Chick Interview – Adam Smyer
Adam Smyer is the author of Knucklehead, which has been accurately described as “A fierce, intelligent, and often hilarious novel about a young African-Attorney who struggles to keep his cool in the personally and political turbulent ‘90’s”. The Literary Chick was...