Jonathan Lethem
The dead may know Brooklyn, but it’s the living who make it. Author Jonathan Lethem talks about his new book, how to handle savage reviews, and the process of remembering his hometown from far away.
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Belle and Sebastian, Dear Catastrophe Waitress
One could be forgiven for missing out on Dear Catastrophe Waitress. After all, it seemed Belle and Sebastian’s star had set for good; their last formal effort (disregarding the 2002 soundtrack for Storytelling) was 2000’s Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, the main drawback of
6 January 2004
New York's currently: Welcome Max! Welcome Jack! U.S. fingerprinting, photographing foreigners from certain countries arriving at nation's airports and ports. (List of approved countries in article sidebar.) Related: Brazil reacts by requiring all American tourists to be fingerprinted and photographed upon arrival. Bicycle bomb kills
London Calling
In the third installment of her letters from Scotland, our writer, who is living in Edinburgh for a year, visits London, where she fights crowds and considers looting the British Museum.
Holiday Thanks
Of all the great gifts I received over the holidays, many of the best didn’t arrive wrapped in colorful paper, or inside cards with weird Christmas-y sexual innuendo (‘Mrs. Claus wants to know if you’re ready for your holiday surprise…’). And though I still haven’t even
5 January 2004
New York's currently: waving goodbye to tourists, hello to new deadlines The hard work is ahead, not behind. Afghan delegates approve constitution. Bush administration to let Kurdish region in northern Iraq stay Kurdish, also has backed away from privatization plans for state businesses. Details on how states are
Seeds for the Pen
The city is always ours, and rarely itself, when there are as many New Yorks as New Yorkers. A gallery of images from the sketchbooks of subway-rider Witold Riedel, and a look into his thoughts on drawing.
2003 Holiday Survival Guide for Slackers
Last year you did all your shopping on the drive to grandmother’s house, but this year you’ve got a chance to make good.
22 December 2003
New York is currently: eggnodding Sponsor a public school project by buying specific supplies and books for NYC teachers. $10 equals 60 meals with the Food Bank for New York City. Help build parks, not power plants, in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Food, clothes, and counseling in Bed-Stuy with Bread
The Corrections
To the people who came to last night’s Third Thursday, a few corrections for things I may have said while toasting, and, at the time, been wrong about. I am not Danish, nor am I from good Danish stock, ‘the old country,’ or an heir to the Danish throne,