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Beautiful Dreamer: Lawrence Tibbett and Frank Sinatra on the radio (1945)
Lawrence Tibbett, the great baritone, a mainstay of the Metropolitan Opera, was born on November 16, 1896. Happy birthday, Larry. "Beautiful Dreamer" is one of Stephen Foster's greatest serenades (1864). Jonathan Guyot Smith sings…
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Nabokov on Chess
You wrote this marvellous novel The Luzhin Defence: are you a very good chess player? And what do you think of [Bobby] Fischer’s attitude? Forty years ago I was a good enough player of chess,…
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Lydia Davis Thrives, We Thrive [by Angela Patrinos]
If you want to pack the house, invite Lydia Davis. The prose poets claim her, the fictionists claim her, and the translators show up to give her a cold, admiring eye. Indeed, 150 people…
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“And the Angels Sing”
Music by Ziggy Elman (trumpet solo)Lyrics by Johnny MercerThe Benny Goodman OrchestraMartha Tilton (vocal solo), whose birthday this is
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What Next for the Market? [by Jonas Swedenborg]
Jonas Swedenborg is the pseudonym of a financial manager we know from college days. Every so often, we cajole him to writer a few words for the blog that will reflect the thinking of…
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New Work from David Alexander
We hear from the artist David Alexander: <<<<A selection of digital art pieces related to a recent print project of mine can now be seen on the website of the literature and art journal…
