The night before she “died peacefully in her sleep” on Sunday morning, Suzanne Somers, Alan Hamel’s wife of 46 years, heard a wonderful poem he had written to her. R. Couri… Read More
For people living with bipolar, dogs — and cats, birds and other critters — can help mental health in many ways.
Joe Fornabaio (From Bruce Goldstein’s memoir Puppy Chow… Read More
What just happened? Billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen has just published his 5,200-word Techno-Optimist Manifesto in which he makes several bold claims. These include an accusat… Read More
William Shakespeare’s artistic vision has been long studied and the playwright has a reputation for being one of the most influential writers to have ever lived. Over the years… Read More
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The Chicago Symphony is off to Italy.
Musically, that is. Physically, the orchestra doesn’t travel to the homeland of its former music director, Riccardo Muti, until January, the gra… Read More
Handwritten thank-you cards are a tradition the world should not forget. In our modern times of technology with instant communication, it's still thoughtful to write and mail thank you cards… Read More
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When I first met Jorie Graham around 1980, at a literary party somewhere in the Village, she was a film student at New York University, where, passin… Read More
“We’re not afraid to be queer and different
If that means hell, well hell we’ll take the chance
They’re all so straight, uptight, upright and rigid …
Lavender… Read More
Complete Biography of Mehmood ghaznavi In the early days of Islam, it was during the Rashidah Caliphate that the King of Iran, after being defeated by the Muslims of Yazdgard, moved to… Read More
Have you heard the dreaded stat that 50% of marriages today end in divorce? Yeah, that isn’t actually true. It was a myth. It came from a projection that if the divorce rate continued… Read More
To call The Trayvon Generation a book of essays would be an incomplete description. An extension of Elizabeth Alexander’s New Yorker essay of the same name, published at the height o… Read More
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Elements of Rhyme: [1] Before I could tear myself away from Vienna, I had planned some time to do a few tasks I didn’t want to take on my vacation… Read More