New York's currently: terrified of high-rise a/c window-unit meteors With no new strategies to fight off attacks, Bush declares daily sacrifice of American lives in Iraq to be "worth it." Immigrants' fingerprints expire every 15 months, though no one at the immigration
Queens may sport the most languages spoken in New York City, but Brooklyn certainly has the most writers. Our man in Boston talks with Brooklynite Elizabeth Gaffney about her new book, set in 19th-century New York, and her 16 years editing the “Paris Review” with George Plimpton.
A slender novel that does Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues proud, The Portrait by Iain Pears is an unforgettable vengeance scenario. When retired painter Henry MacAlpine lures famed critic (and former patron) William Nasmyth to a lonely isle off the Brittany coast for a final portrait, both men’s pasts
New York's currently: downloading pirated music while walking between subway cars Context tips the scales in Supreme Court decision to permit Texas Commandments and bar Kentucky's. On heels of Court ruling, Christian groups announce plans for similar monuments in 100 cities and towns. New subway rules
It’s Elisabeth Eckleman’s first year of college, and she has a lot of tough choices to make. In this installment, Elisabeth keeps a secret while trying to survive a weekend of everyone else’s parents. You decide what happens next.
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New York's currently: battling with server issues U.S. military meeting with insurgency leaders in Iraq to enfold native Sunnis but expel foreign fighters. Trial unlikely for 13 CIA operatives ordered arrested by Italian judge. Tears for Fears' "Everybody Wants to Rule the World," the
Italy is a giant archaeological dig, endlessly plundered, built upon, defiled and revered. It’s also covered with graffiti, with lots of misspellings.
Love Sherlock Holmes? Love The Alienest series? Caleb Carr was commissioned by the Conan Doyle estate to write a new Holmes mystery, and so bore The Italian Secretary, a faithful period romp where Holmes and Watson go traipsing off to Scotland to help the queen, with all their antiquated phrasing
West of Lillie’s Bar in Red Hook, Brooklyn, is a weed-tattered lot, and south of that is the Erie Basin, slated to become the world’s largest Ikea. Presided over by its eponymous owner, the bar shuns the neighborhood’s crossroads status and sticks to being a place
