Articles Written By Elizabeth Kiem
TMN Contributing Writer Elizabeth Kiem is the author of Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy.
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The Artist at Home
Essad Bey at Positano
Lev Nussimbaum spent the second half of his life as a refashioned Muslim prince—before meeting an early end in Italy.
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Astroland's Last Summer
Independence Day
Coney Island celebrated the Fourth by crowning the first American hot-dog eating champion in seven years.
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Astroland's Last Summer
A Mermaid’s Tale
Celebrating a quarter-century, Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade is a reminder that for some, changing times should be ignored.
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Astroland's Last Summer
Burlesque on the Beach
As Coney Island gears up for its annual fancy-dress bacchanalia, the mermaids on parade contemplate the legendary funpark’s mortality. Part three of “Astroland’s Last Summer” by ELIZABETH KIEM.
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Astroland's Last Summer
The Bowery
Coney Island’s Bowery was once lined with attractions for six straight blocks. Today it is largely shuttered, pending a new wave of development.
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Astroland's Last Summer
Captain Bob
Coney Island is under siege, and for Astroland lovers it’s hard to tell if the pirates are friend or foe.
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The Artist at Home
J.P. Donleavy at Levington Park
Home is where writers often retreat to focus on work, not receive visitors. Here’s the author of The Ginger Man at his Irish estate. Lock your doors, Salinger.
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Profiles
Yolkin
You’ve read much about Boris Yeltsin’s legacy this week. His biggest may be the mean little man in the Kremlin who’s the butt of few jokes.
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Op-Ed
Not an Open Letter
The self-made jury has handed down its decision: For his previous life in the Waffen SS, Günter Grass—and his work—should receive the maximum penalty.
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Op-Ed
Heeding the Lamplighter’s Whistle
He’s gone. He’s been gone for some time. I’d still come running, though, at the very first note. Just one little round of the Masterpiece Theatre theme, and I’m all his, that little gas-lighting corporate mascot.
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New York, New York
The Big Apple’s Nametag
Though it was dark for over 30 years, the neon sign above the New Yorker Hotel, for many of its former residents, never truly dimmed. Attending the hotel’s anniversary celebration, the night the lights switched back on in Midtown.