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Changing landscape in the world of beachcombing.
As a native Brooklynite, I protest the notion of a Manhattan Ave.
There were a number of Yznagas in Cuba, and it’s there we discover the origin of this unusual street name.
My trailer’s haunted and my alien is hitting on me.
Growing up next to Dyker Beach Golf Course, I never swung a golf club. Who can afford golf clubs?
Mysteries abound, but is humanity smart enough to grasp them?
A brief update from Massachusetts.
Not named for President Andrew Jackson.
Kissena Blvd. and Sanford Ave. is a rare spot in Flushing relatively untouched by change.
What’s wrong with having a little party?
From Buckley’s Tavern to Roll n Roaster and more.
Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan may be easier to understand now than it was when it was published in 1959.
Lessons to be learned from the New Age movement.
You're not invited.
Furtive observations in a bastion of normalcy.
They’ve heard it all before and never get tired of hearing it.
Two Frenchmen explain America, kind of.
New book by Kaye Savage Browning to “keep people’s eyes happy.”
The Quiet American (1955) is a murder mystery based on a love triangle.and the first anti-Vietnam war novel.
A Review of Toothpull of St Dunstan by Kevin Davey.
"Marry rich. And read."
The author of A Streetcar Named Desire and many more talks about his life and career in this interview aired on July 22, 1979.
The author talks to Buckley for an hour in this episode aired on February 1, 1977.
A compilation of appearances by writers on the talk show.
The actor and director talks about his new memoir The Friday Afternoon Club on CBS Sunday Morning.
The author on his retrospective anthology The Time of Our Time.
The prolific author talks to Brace Belden and Liz Franczak about grief, compounds, our horrid present, and helping other people.
The late author talks about short fiction, his disinterest in writing, and his distrust of computers.
The author talks about his novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet.