In 1975 he started working for Virgil Thomson, the extraordinary composer and writer who, with Gertrude Stein, created Four Saints in Three Acts, one of the most important operas in American musical history.
Hurrying upstairs , he took off his peacoat , laid it on his bed , then grabbed his steerhide jacket and helmet from his closet , pulled a scarf from a hook on the back of the closet door , and tossed them all onto the peacoat .
"In this category-defying book, Katie Roiphe takes an unexpected and liberating approach to the most unavoidable of subjects: death.
A fledgling World War I-era publisher is trying to decide which work to choose as his imprint's first title, and the choice is further complicated by the arrival of a mysterious machine.
Here is Susan Sontag, the consummate public intellectual, who finds her commitment to rational thinking tested during her third bout with cancer.
Exquisitely written, The Violet Hour is “a rewarding family saga reminiscent of Anne Tyler’s novels.
... royally flushed. I'd really done it this time. Maybe enough to earn a fullblown quarantine I would never get out from under. Goose bumps rose on my arms. It wasn't just the icebox temperature of this and every room the General stayed in ...
An excellently written heartbreaking read--a poignant account of unending love and hope.