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Thirty years of writing, 1000 essays, and one sharp editorial axe.
Rubber, beach bags, swim suits, and more in College Point.
On the oldest settlement in Brooklyn (and Long Island).
John Lanchester’s Look What You Made Me Do is one of 2026’s best novels. What year is it (#651)?
Picking sides and names in the willows.
Thinking about witches in the doghouse.
A history of churches, old movies, books, and experimental theater.
A stranger encounter on the side of the road with a friend named Blanquette.
Many say never look back, only look forward. I’ve never heeded that advice.
Something I never should've said to Mrs. Tomkins.
The rest of September 2001.
Exploring life’s unease in three disturbing anecdotes.
Police responded to a report of a large pile of poop.
There’s no way to erase mistakes on a woodcut, live with them or start over.
Daybreak, panic, twisted sheets.
For $50,000 we can make it happen.
Hatchet jobs have to be backed up by the truth.
Fall gatherings at Raoul’s, The Feast and New York Press parties.
“Everything has to change, Pamela.”
Searching for the missing ingredient in restaurant food.
The late writer talks about her book After Henry and more in this 1992 interview.
The late author talks about how drinking doesn't help writing.
The late author talks about his time working in the LAPD, collecting anecdotes on the job, and more in this interview with Open Road Media.
The author talks about his work, Ernest Hemingway, and America in this January 9, 2003 interview.
"Marry rich. And read."
The author of A Streetcar Named Desire and many more talks about his life and career in this interview aired on July 22, 1979.
The author talks to Buckley for an hour in this episode aired on February 1, 1977.
A compilation of appearances by writers on the talk show.
The actor and director talks about his new memoir The Friday Afternoon Club on CBS Sunday Morning.