‘Memes’ Archives
How Much Is A Book Worth?
Our favorite Italian restaurant recently sent us a note with the news that truffle season was upon us once again and we might consider coming in for a few grams of the freshly shaved fungi on our pasta, for a princely supplemental increment of $60 a garnish. Seems reasonable, in a way, when I discover that white Alba truffles are up at $3000 a [...]
I Trusted You
Isn’t it great that our kids are stuck with us for a fairly lengthy period of time? If we screw up and say something that perhaps wasn’t the best possible parenting expression, they’re going to be around tomorrow, too. We’re going to get another chance to do better. This is extremely important in the realm of parenting. Most of us have [...]
Universal Rules of Framing Pt. III: You In Print
Great framing can change the way we see a piece of art. Great framing can do the same for you and your ideas. If your book’s first edition is from a major publisher, has a handsome cover and comes with blurbs from a full pantheon of quality endorsers, your reader will be nicely teed up to seriously consider the merits of your ideas. In contrast, [...]
The Universal Rules of Framing Part II. What Does The Proscenium Frame?
English man of letters Samuel Taylor Coleridge crafted the phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” to describe what it takes for us to be able to take a fresh look at something. When we settle into our seats in a theater and gaze up at the proscenium, that framed and draped window where a play or movie or opera is about to come alive, we are [...]
The Universal Rules for Framing
A few years ago, my son Max and I were at the Guggenheim in New York, spiraling our way down through a show of Very Important Paintings. It was one of those shows that just wasn’t working for either of us. But we like to discuss what we’re looking at, just for the pleasure of comparing perceptions. I suggested we talk about the framing and [...]
Threnody for a Jackrabbit
Dear friends and family, Rascal passed away last night. Something in her balance Made her different from all the other jackrabbits on the top of her mountain. She had given a short burst of speed, running with a severe list. She quit and lay there waiting to see what would be her fate. (more...)
The Generation That Couldn’t Think Straight?
This year is the 50th anniversary of one of the two essential resource books for anyone who wants to write well — E.B.White and William Strunk’s Manual of Style. The other is William Zinsser’s On Writing Well. Zinsser was a student of White’s and later taught thousands of students using The Manual of Style as a guide. When Zinsser began to [...]
Lunch with Reinhold Niebuhr
Opening the NY Review of Books this week I found myself peering into the thoughtful gaze of Reinhold Niebuhr, in a photo from 1963, just a year after I had met him. My life has been oddly Zelig-like, both because of my choosing, and simply serendipity. I knew I needed to capture our encounter, so here it is. (more...)
For Writers: Top 10 Things
A Writer’s Guide to the 10 Things that will tell you when the Second Great Depression Has Officially Begun 1. You notice that people are selling onesies on street corners, like pencils, apples, and sheets from yellow pads. 2. You’ve had a request from a long-lost college friend to move in with you, temporarily. 3. You’ve asked an old [...]
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