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Next Line, Please: The Alphabet as Hero [by Virginia Valenzuela]
Come one, come all, to the newly renovated digital platform for Next Line, Please on the American Scholar! You will like what you see. And now to the good stuff. Last week's post featured poems…
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The Dipsy Doodle [by David Lehman]
Of all the pinball machines in all the zinc-bar cafes in Paris, and there were many, the one that I recall playing most often with my chums was Dipsy Doodle. The name didn't mean…
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After Koch (by Mitch Sisskind)
"It's very difficult to criticize my French, since I speak perfectly." …
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Is a market top on tap? “Noodles” weighs in [by David Lehman]
Everyone knows that stocks these days, especially US stocks, are overvalued. But picking a market top is no easy matter. David Aronson, former professor at Baruch College,now president of a research firm that develops…
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Mozart, Symphony #5 in B Flat major
He wrote it at the age of nine. He didn't lose his touch in "later" years.
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Les Lieber Loved Living the Life [by David Lehman]
On Monday the 16th of July, the New York Times ran an obituary for Les Lieber, who died last week at the age of 106. Here are four facts about Les Lieber: (1) In…
