Posts Tagged ‘David Grann’

Orhan Pamuk: “Distant Relations”

September 17th, 2009

Orhan Pamuk: The series of events and coincidences that would change my entire life began on April 27, 1975, when Sibel happened to spot a purse designed by the famous Jenny Colon in a shopwindow as we were walking along Valikonagi Avenue, enjoying the cool spring evening. Our formal engagement was not . . .


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Ian Frazier: Easy Cocktails From The Cursing Mommy

September 16th, 2009

Those high-priced bartenders in their red vests and white shirts who your caterers recommended to serve at your last party may know a thing or two, but for entertaining on a smaller scale—for parties of seven people, four, or even just one—a few simple steps . . .Ian Frazier: Easy Cocktails from the Cursing Mommy


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Amy Ozols: The Road To Recovery

September 13th, 2009

Since the dawn of alcohol, man has been plagued by hangovers. Given that medical professionals have pondered the problem for centuries, it’s ironic that I—a person who is not a doctor and, indeed, is barely even a dentist—have finally discovered a solution. And yet . . .Amy Ozols: The Road to Recovery


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Bruce Mccall: Fibrillations

September 13th, 2009

Welcome to the monthly newsletter about your health-insurance problems, not ours.
Note: Charges for the enclosed Supplementary Health Insurance Reminder will appear in your next billing cycle, for which payment is now past due.

Something to Think About: Contracting a serious illness can mean days off work just lying . . .Bruce McCall: Fibrillations


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Goings On About Town: Dance

September 9th, 2009

Goings on About Town: DanceTHE NEWS FROM OZ
The Australian choreographer Lucy Guerin, a leading light Down Under, has two engagements this fall: “Corridor,” at Baryshnikov Arts Center (Sept. 16-20), which hems in its dancers with impossible instructions, and “Structure and Sadness,” at Dance Theatre Workshop (Oct. 1-3), which is . . .


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Paul Simms: For Immediate Release

September 8th, 2009

Alex Kerner (C.E.O., C.O.O., chairman, and president of Alex Kerner’s Personal Life, Inc.) announced today a wide-ranging restructuring of his imaginary company’s upper management.
Tim Williams, a member of the company in varying capacities for five years, has been promoted to Best Friend, and he . . .Paul Simms: For Immediate Release


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Bruce Mccall: Fibrillations

September 7th, 2009

Bruce McCall: FibrillationsWelcome to the monthly newsletter about your health-insurance problems, not ours.
Note: Charges for the enclosed Supplementary Health Insurance Reminder will appear in your next billing cycle, for which payment is now past due.

Something to Think About: Contracting a serious illness can mean days off work just lying . . .


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Paul Simms: For Immediate Release

September 6th, 2009

Alex Kerner (C.E.O., C.O.O., chairman, and president of Alex Kerner’s Personal Life, Inc.) announced today a wide-ranging restructuring of his imaginary company’s upper management.
Tim Williams, a member of the company in varying capacities for five years, has been promoted to Best Friend, and he . . .Paul Simms: For Immediate Release


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Bruce Mccall: Official Guardian Council Dining-Out Guide

September 6th, 2009

Bruce McCall: Official Guardian Council Dining-Out GuideDeath to all patrons of New Sushi City, 567 Blvd. of the Cheap Wash ’n’ Wear Suits. “More of a viperous counter-revolutionary nest than an upscale sushi bar,” pronounces the Tehran After-Breakfast Curfew regarding this foreign-oriented bistro specializing in fish. (Note: Any menu selection could be a . . .


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Richard Wilbur: “Flying”

September 4th, 2009

Treetops are not so high
Nor I so low
That I don’t instinctively know
How it would be to fly
 
Through gaps that the wind makes, when
The leaves arouse
And there is a lifting of boughs
That settle and lift again.
 
Whatever my kind may . . .Richard Wilbur:


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